Electoral wardE05012196
City Centre ward, Preston
City Centre is one of 16 electoral wards of Preston City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,941 residents in 5,004 households — 4,330 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Preston constituency; for county elections it is in the Preston Central West and Preston City divisions.
Residents, 202111,941council ward average 9,240
Households5,0042.39 residents per household
Density4,330/ km²about 2.76 km² · Preston 1,039
Aged 65+8.0%Preston: 14.7% · under 16: 10.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 455
5–93.2% · 380
10–153.7% · 440
16–198.6% · 1,029
20–2423.9% · 2,856
25–3420.1% · 2,403
35–4915.2% · 1,814
50–6413.4% · 1,603
65–745.0% · 596
75–842.1% · 252
85+0.9% · 111
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van51.7% · 2,587
1 car or van36.7% · 1,835
2 cars or vans9.3% · 466
3 or more2.3% · 116
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Preston overall: 58.3% owned, 18.4% social rented, 22.4% private rented.
Owned outright16.7% · 838
With mortgage11.7% · 584
Shared ownership0.6% · 30
Social rented22.2% · 1,110
Private rented48.6% · 2,432
Lives rent free0.2% · 10
Type of home
Detached house2.8% · 138
Semi-detached house10.6% · 532
Terraced house34.3% · 1,719
Purpose-built flat36.7% · 1,836
Converted house9.5% · 473
Other conversion3.4% · 170
Above shop / office2.4% · 122
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012196- Council
- Preston City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Preston Central West, Preston City
- Constituency
- Preston
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 16
Council offices in this ward
TPreston City CouncilTown council · PR1 2RLCLancashire County CouncilCouncil office · PR1 8XJCCreative LancashireCouncil office · PR1 8RL
Other wards in the same constituency
AAshton17.0% aged 65+ · 61.4% owned8,671BBrookfield15.2% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned8,274CCadley22.7% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned8,506DDeepdale9.8% 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.