Electoral wardE05015817
Bacup ward, Rossendale
Bacup is one of 10 electoral wards of Rossendale Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,885 residents in 2,925 households — 574 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rossendale and Darwen constituency; for county elections it is in the Whitworth & Bacup and Rossendale East divisions.
Residents, 20216,885council ward average 7,087
Households2,9252.35 residents per household
Density574/ km²about 12.00 km² · Rossendale 513
Aged 65+17.5%Rossendale: 19.3% · under 16: 21.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 394
5–96.7% · 464
10–158.7% · 599
16–194.7% · 322
20–244.8% · 334
25–3412.0% · 829
35–4918.5% · 1,277
50–6421.3% · 1,469
65–7410.7% · 738
75–845.3% · 365
85+1.5% · 101
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.2% · 679
1 car or van40.9% · 1,196
2 cars or vans26.1% · 763
3 or more9.8% · 286
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rossendale overall: 67.9% owned, 14.8% social rented, 17.1% private rented.
Owned outright31.3% · 919
With mortgage29.6% · 867
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented19.9% · 585
Private rented18.9% · 553
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house21.2% · 619
Semi-detached house30.0% · 876
Terraced house41.2% · 1,203
Purpose-built flat6.2% · 181
Converted house1.0% · 28
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015817- Council
- Rossendale Borough Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Whitworth & Bacup, Rossendale East
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 10
Other wards in the same constituency
BBritannia & Lee Mill16.0% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned6,953GGoodshaw & Cribden19.5% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned6,460GGreenfield & Eden22.7% aged 65+ · 77.0% owned6,424HHareholme & Waterfoot21.4% aged 65+ · 64.3% owned5,732HHelmshore24.8% aged 65+ · 79.5% owned6,094LLongholme18.5% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned8,542WWhitewell & Stacksteads18.9% aged 65+ · 63.0% owned7,008WWhitworth20.3% aged 65+ · 66.8% owned7,798
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.