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Goodshaw & Cribden ward, Rossendale

Goodshaw & Cribden is one of 10 electoral wards of Rossendale Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,460 residents in 2,635 households — 567 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rossendale and Darwen constituency; for county elections it is in the Mid-Rossendale division.

Residents, 20216,460council ward average 7,087
Households2,6352.45 residents per household
Density567/ km²about 11.39 km² · Rossendale 513
Aged 65+19.5%Rossendale: 19.3% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 289
5–96.1% · 393
10–158.0% · 516
16–194.3% · 279
20–243.8% · 247
25–3410.7% · 694
35–4920.7% · 1,340
50–6422.3% · 1,439
65–7412.7% · 821
75–845.0% · 320
85+1.9% · 120

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.9% · 286
1 car or van36.9% · 973
2 cars or vans40.0% · 1,054
3 or more12.2% · 322
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Rossendale overall: 67.9% owned, 14.8% social rented, 17.1% private rented.

Owned outright39.7% · 1,045
With mortgage41.5% · 1,093
Shared ownership0.4% · 10
Social rented6.3% · 166
Private rented12.1% · 320
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house35.7% · 942
Semi-detached house21.6% · 570
Terraced house36.6% · 964
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 117
Converted house0.1% · 2
Other conversion0.9% · 23
Above shop / office0.6% · 17
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.