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Primrose ward, Ribble Valley

Primrose is one of 26 electoral wards of Ribble Valley Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 3,767 residents in 1,696 households — 4,816 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Pendle and Clitheroe constituency; for county elections it is in the Clitheroe division.

Residents, 20213,767council ward average 2,368
Households1,6962.22 residents per household
Density4,816/ km²about 0.78 km² · Ribble Valley 106
Aged 65+16.6%Ribble Valley: 24.1% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 212
5–95.1% · 192
10–156.9% · 260
16–193.7% · 140
20–245.4% · 202
25–3415.0% · 564
35–4920.3% · 763
50–6421.4% · 807
65–749.9% · 371
75–845.0% · 190
85+1.7% · 65

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.9% · 303
1 car or van44.0% · 747
2 cars or vans31.0% · 526
3 or more7.1% · 120
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Ribble Valley overall: 75.5% owned, 8.0% social rented, 15.0% private rented.

Owned outright31.6% · 535
With mortgage36.0% · 609
Shared ownership3.0% · 51
Social rented12.3% · 209
Private rented17.1% · 290

Type of home

Detached house12.0% · 204
Semi-detached house33.0% · 560
Terraced house41.7% · 708
Purpose-built flat8.6% · 146
Converted house1.5% · 25
Other conversion0.5% · 8
Above shop / office2.5% · 43
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.