Electoral wardE05012203
Plungington ward, Preston
Plungington is one of 16 electoral wards of Preston City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,456 residents in 4,371 households — 5,688 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Preston constituency; for county elections it is in the Preston Central East and Preston Central West divisions.
Residents, 202111,456council ward average 9,240
Households4,3712.62 residents per household
Density5,688/ km²about 2.01 km² · Preston 1,039
Aged 65+8.1%Preston: 14.7% · under 16: 15.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 616
5–94.9% · 556
10–154.8% · 553
16–1910.5% · 1,205
20–2420.4% · 2,334
25–3418.2% · 2,083
35–4915.8% · 1,809
50–6412.0% · 1,369
65–744.7% · 540
75–842.5% · 287
85+0.9% · 104
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van43.4% · 1,897
1 car or van42.0% · 1,836
2 cars or vans12.3% · 537
3 or more2.3% · 101
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Preston overall: 58.3% owned, 18.4% social rented, 22.4% private rented.
Owned outright17.3% · 758
With mortgage18.0% · 788
Shared ownership0.3% · 13
Social rented20.4% · 893
Private rented43.8% · 1,913
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house3.8% · 167
Semi-detached house12.2% · 532
Terraced house58.1% · 2,542
Purpose-built flat19.4% · 849
Converted house3.8% · 167
Other conversion0.9% · 41
Above shop / office1.5% · 67
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012203- Council
- Preston City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Preston Central East, Preston Central West
- Constituency
- Preston
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 16
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% owned9,258LLea & Larches16.3% aged 65+ · 61.4% owned9,269RRibbleton13.3% 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.