Electoral wardE05012193
Ashton ward, Preston
Ashton is one of 16 electoral wards of Preston City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,671 residents in 4,069 households — 2,466 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Preston constituency; for county elections it is in the Preston South West and Preston Central West and Preston City divisions.
Residents, 20218,671council ward average 9,240
Households4,0692.13 residents per household
Density2,466/ km²about 3.52 km² · Preston 1,039
Aged 65+17.0%Preston: 14.7% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 482
5–94.9% · 428
10–156.0% · 516
16–193.6% · 308
20–246.7% · 580
25–3416.7% · 1,444
35–4918.4% · 1,591
50–6421.3% · 1,845
65–748.4% · 730
75–846.0% · 521
85+2.6% · 225
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.6% · 1,001
1 car or van47.1% · 1,918
2 cars or vans22.9% · 930
3 or more5.4% · 220
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Preston overall: 58.3% owned, 18.4% social rented, 22.4% private rented.
Owned outright32.3% · 1,316
With mortgage29.0% · 1,182
Shared ownership0.3% · 11
Social rented7.7% · 313
Private rented30.6% · 1,245
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house7.8% · 318
Semi-detached house33.9% · 1,381
Terraced house38.0% · 1,548
Purpose-built flat14.8% · 602
Converted house3.4% · 137
Other conversion0.8% · 33
Above shop / office1.2% · 47
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012193- Council
- Preston City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Preston South West, Preston Central West, Preston City
- Constituency
- Preston
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 16
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrookfield15.2% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned8,274CCadley22.7% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned8,506CCity Centre8.0% aged 65+ · 28.4% owned11,941DDeepdale9.8% aged 65+ · 54.2% owned9,667FFishwick & Frenchwood9.9% aged 65+ · 46.8% owned9,430GGarrison15.6% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned9,154IIngol & Cottam16.6% aged 65+ · 60.1% owned9,258LLea & Larches16.3% aged 65+ · 61.4% owned9,269PPlungington8.1% aged 65+ · 35.4% owned11,456RRibbleton13.3% aged 65+ · 47.3% owned9,077SSt Matthew's8.4% aged 65+ · 32.8% owned10,781
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.