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Electoral wardE05013209

Vivary Bridge ward, Pendle

Vivary Bridge is one of 12 electoral wards of Pendle Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,635 residents in 3,337 households — 1,833 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Pendle and Clitheroe constituency; for county elections it is in the Pendle Central division.

Residents, 20217,635council ward average 7,980
Households3,3372.29 residents per household
Density1,833/ km²about 4.17 km² · Pendle 566
Aged 65+17.4%Pendle: 18.0% · under 16: 20.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 434
5–97.0% · 533
10–158.3% · 630
16–194.1% · 312
20–245.4% · 414
25–3413.9% · 1,058
35–4918.0% · 1,372
50–6420.3% · 1,553
65–7410.2% · 778
75–845.3% · 401
85+2.0% · 149

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.7% · 891
1 car or van44.2% · 1,475
2 cars or vans22.2% · 740
3 or more6.9% · 231
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Pendle overall: 65.0% owned, 11.8% social rented, 23.0% private rented.

Owned outright29.7% · 991
With mortgage28.6% · 954
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented19.8% · 661
Private rented21.6% · 721
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house6.1% · 203
Semi-detached house19.0% · 633
Terraced house64.1% · 2,140
Purpose-built flat7.5% · 251
Converted house0.7% · 25
Other conversion1.7% · 56
Above shop / office0.8% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.