Electoral wardE05012206
Ribbleton ward, Preston
Ribbleton is one of 16 electoral wards of Preston City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,077 residents in 3,602 households — 1,228 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Preston constituency; for county elections it is in the Preston South East and Preston East divisions.
Residents, 20219,077council ward average 9,240
Households3,6022.52 residents per household
Density1,228/ km²about 7.39 km² · Preston 1,039
Aged 65+13.3%Preston: 14.7% · under 16: 24.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.7% · 609
5–97.5% · 684
10–159.7% · 883
16–195.6% · 506
20–245.4% · 492
25–3413.2% · 1,194
35–4919.9% · 1,804
50–6418.7% · 1,698
65–747.5% · 684
75–844.2% · 383
85+1.5% · 140
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van34.0% · 1,224
1 car or van42.0% · 1,514
2 cars or vans18.4% · 663
3 or more5.6% · 201
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Preston overall: 58.3% owned, 18.4% social rented, 22.4% private rented.
Owned outright21.8% · 786
With mortgage25.5% · 917
Shared ownership1.2% · 42
Social rented40.1% · 1,444
Private rented11.4% · 410
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house8.1% · 290
Semi-detached house56.5% · 2,035
Terraced house19.9% · 715
Purpose-built flat14.2% · 510
Converted house0.7% · 27
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.6% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012206- Council
- Preston City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Preston South East, Preston East
- Constituency
- Preston
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 14 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% owned9,269PPlungington8.1% aged 65+ · 35.4% owned11,456SSt 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.