Electoral wardE05012194
Brookfield ward, Preston
Brookfield is one of 16 electoral wards of Preston City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,274 residents in 3,282 households — 4,917 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Preston constituency; for county elections it is in the Preston East division.
Residents, 20218,274council ward average 9,240
Households3,2822.52 residents per household
Density4,917/ km²about 1.68 km² · Preston 1,039
Aged 65+15.2%Preston: 14.7% · under 16: 24.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 550
5–97.9% · 653
10–159.7% · 804
16–194.7% · 392
20–244.8% · 401
25–3413.2% · 1,090
35–4919.9% · 1,643
50–6417.9% · 1,485
65–748.6% · 715
75–844.8% · 398
85+1.7% · 143
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.1% · 955
1 car or van43.1% · 1,416
2 cars or vans22.0% · 723
3 or more5.7% · 188
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Preston overall: 58.3% owned, 18.4% social rented, 22.4% private rented.
Owned outright28.5% · 937
With mortgage29.5% · 967
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented29.4% · 966
Private rented12.2% · 402
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house11.2% · 367
Semi-detached house51.1% · 1,676
Terraced house28.4% · 931
Purpose-built flat8.3% · 272
Converted house0.4% · 13
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.6% · 21
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012194- Council
- Preston City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Preston East
- Constituency
- Preston
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 16
Other wards in the same constituency
AAshton17.0% aged 65+ · 61.4% owned8,671CCadley22.7% 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.