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Electoral wardE05015818
Britannia & Lee Mill ward, Rossendale
Britannia & Lee Mill is one of 10 electoral wards of Rossendale Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,953 residents in 2,901 households — 1,172 people per km², the 5th 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, 20216,953council ward average 7,087
Households2,9012.4 residents per household
Density1,172/ km²about 5.94 km² · Rossendale 513
Aged 65+16.0%Rossendale: 19.3% · under 16: 21.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 410
5–97.4% · 513
10–157.9% · 551
16–194.2% · 294
20–244.7% · 330
25–3413.4% · 931
35–4919.5% · 1,358
50–6420.8% · 1,448
65–749.8% · 684
75–844.7% · 330
85+1.5% · 101
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.0% · 551
1 car or van42.3% · 1,225
2 cars or vans30.1% · 872
3 or more8.6% · 250
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rossendale overall: 67.9% owned, 14.8% social rented, 17.1% private rented.
Owned outright31.2% · 904
With mortgage35.9% · 1,040
Shared ownership0.1% · 3
Social rented13.7% · 396
Private rented19.1% · 553
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house26.4% · 765
Semi-detached house23.4% · 678
Terraced house43.9% · 1,273
Purpose-built flat3.1% · 91
Converted house0.6% · 17
Other conversion0.8% · 22
Above shop / office1.7% · 50
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015818- 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
- 1 of 10
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBacup17.5% aged 65+ · 60.9% owned6,885GGoodshaw & 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.