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Electoral wardE05015823

Helmshore ward, Rossendale

Helmshore is one of 10 electoral wards of Rossendale Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,094 residents in 2,608 households — 323 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hyndburn and Rossendale and Darwen constituencies; for county elections it is in the Rossendale West and Rossendale South divisions.

Residents, 20216,094council ward average 7,087
Households2,6082.34 residents per household
Density323/ km²about 18.88 km² · Rossendale 513
Aged 65+24.8%Rossendale: 19.3% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 283
5–95.4% · 327
10–157.4% · 450
16–194.2% · 257
20–243.7% · 228
25–349.7% · 590
35–4918.9% · 1,149
50–6421.2% · 1,294
65–7413.7% · 833
75–848.3% · 505
85+2.9% · 175

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.0% · 286
1 car or van40.2% · 1,050
2 cars or vans37.9% · 990
3 or more10.8% · 283
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.5% · 1,107
With mortgage36.9% · 961
Shared ownership0.5% · 13
Social rented9.3% · 243
Private rented10.6% · 277
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house36.4% · 949
Semi-detached house26.9% · 701
Terraced house26.8% · 699
Purpose-built flat6.8% · 178
Converted house0.2% · 6
Other conversion1.5% · 40
Above shop / office0.4% · 10
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 26
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015823
County division
Rossendale West, Rossendale South
Region
North West
Density rank in council
9 of 10

Other wards in the same constituency

BBacup17.5% aged 65+ · 60.9% owned6,885BBritannia & 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% owned5,732HHaslingden15.5% aged 65+ · 60.8% owned8,974LLongholme18.5% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned8,542WWhitewell & Stacksteads18.9% aged 65+ · 63.0% owned7,008WWhitworth20.3% aged 65+ · 66.8% owned7,798

All 10 wards of Rossendale

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.