Electoral wardE05012207
St Matthew's ward, Preston
St Matthew's is one of 16 electoral wards of Preston City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,781 residents in 4,187 households — 7,448 people per km², the 3rd 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 City divisions.
Residents, 202110,781council ward average 9,240
Households4,1872.57 residents per household
Density7,448/ km²about 1.45 km² · Preston 1,039
Aged 65+8.4%Preston: 14.7% · under 16: 23.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.5% · 918
5–97.6% · 815
10–157.8% · 839
16–195.1% · 550
20–249.1% · 978
25–3418.1% · 1,951
35–4921.9% · 2,365
50–6413.5% · 1,460
65–745.1% · 547
75–842.4% · 258
85+0.9% · 100
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van47.8% · 2,002
1 car or van38.8% · 1,625
2 cars or vans11.2% · 470
3 or more2.2% · 91
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Preston overall: 58.3% owned, 18.4% social rented, 22.4% private rented.
Owned outright18.0% · 755
With mortgage14.8% · 620
Shared ownership0.6% · 27
Social rented34.2% · 1,433
Private rented32.2% · 1,349
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house4.2% · 174
Semi-detached house15.7% · 658
Terraced house49.9% · 2,091
Purpose-built flat23.8% · 997
Converted house1.9% · 80
Other conversion3.1% · 128
Above shop / office1.3% · 56
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012207- Council
- Preston City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Preston South East, Preston City
- Constituency
- Preston
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 1 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% owned11,456RRibbleton13.3% aged 65+ · 47.3% owned9,077
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.