Electoral wardE05012202
Lea & Larches ward, Preston
Lea & Larches is one of 16 electoral wards of Preston City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,269 residents in 4,030 households — 1,976 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Preston constituency; for county elections it is in the Preston South West division.
Residents, 20219,269council ward average 9,240
Households4,0302.3 residents per household
Density1,976/ km²about 4.69 km² · Preston 1,039
Aged 65+16.3%Preston: 14.7% · under 16: 21.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 587
5–96.9% · 639
10–157.8% · 727
16–194.3% · 397
20–244.9% · 457
25–3414.4% · 1,339
35–4918.9% · 1,750
50–6420.1% · 1,867
65–749.5% · 881
75–844.8% · 443
85+2.0% · 183
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.0% · 925
1 car or van44.0% · 1,772
2 cars or vans25.6% · 1,032
3 or more7.4% · 300
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Preston overall: 58.3% owned, 18.4% social rented, 22.4% private rented.
Owned outright28.1% · 1,132
With mortgage33.3% · 1,343
Shared ownership0.4% · 18
Social rented25.5% · 1,026
Private rented12.6% · 506
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house16.1% · 649
Semi-detached house47.7% · 1,922
Terraced house25.3% · 1,019
Purpose-built flat9.9% · 399
Converted house0.6% · 24
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012202- Council
- Preston City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Preston South West
- Constituency
- Preston
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 16
Parishes in the ward
Lea
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% owned8,506CCity 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% owned9,258PPlungington8.1% 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.