Electoral wardE05014911
Westgate ward, Lancaster
Westgate is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,590 residents in 3,138 households — 2,162 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency; for county elections it is in the Morecambe South division.
Residents, 20216,590council ward average 5,293
Households3,1382.1 residents per household
Density2,162/ km²about 3.05 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+25.7%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 363
5–95.9% · 389
10–156.1% · 399
16–193.7% · 245
20–245.6% · 368
25–3410.2% · 673
35–4916.3% · 1,075
50–6421.0% · 1,385
65–7413.4% · 884
75–849.7% · 637
85+2.7% · 175
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.9% · 843
1 car or van48.7% · 1,526
2 cars or vans18.8% · 590
3 or more5.6% · 176
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright39.0% · 1,222
With mortgage21.5% · 675
Shared ownership0.4% · 13
Social rented20.2% · 632
Private rented18.8% · 589
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house12.7% · 399
Semi-detached house47.4% · 1,487
Terraced house19.7% · 619
Purpose-built flat12.4% · 389
Converted house0.9% · 29
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.6% · 18
Caravan, mobile6.1% · 190
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014911- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Morecambe South
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Heaton-with-OxcliffeMorecambe
Other wards in the same constituency
BBare35.1% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned6,904BBolton & Slyne32.1% aged 65+ · 88.5% owned7,241CCarnforth & Millhead23.3% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned5,519HHalton-with-Aughton & Kellet26.2% aged 65+ · 83.9% owned5,165HHeysham Central25.2% aged 65+ · 78.7% owned4,692HHeysham North18.1% aged 65+ · 54.9% owned5,584HHeysham South16.5% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned6,235LLower Lune Valley28.7% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned4,533OOverton29.1% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned2,491PPoulton18.8% aged 65+ · 46.0% owned5,897SSilverdale39.5% aged 65+ · 84.5% owned2,098SSkerton14.2% aged 65+ · 58.3% owned6,941TTorrisholme37.6% aged 65+ · 85.6% owned3,804UUpper Lune Valley30.5% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned2,320
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.