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Electoral wardE05015824

Longholme ward, Rossendale

Longholme is one of 10 electoral wards of Rossendale Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,542 residents in 3,687 households — 1,152 people per km², the 2nd 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 Mid-Rossendale and Rossendale South divisions.

Residents, 20218,542council ward average 7,087
Households3,6872.32 residents per household
Density1,152/ km²about 7.42 km² · Rossendale 513
Aged 65+18.5%Rossendale: 19.3% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 514
5–96.3% · 538
10–157.5% · 640
16–194.4% · 379
20–244.7% · 398
25–3413.9% · 1,185
35–4919.5% · 1,664
50–6419.2% · 1,643
65–7410.2% · 874
75–845.8% · 491
85+2.5% · 211

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.7% · 728
1 car or van43.1% · 1,590
2 cars or vans29.6% · 1,093
3 or more7.6% · 279
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.6% · 1,200
With mortgage31.9% · 1,174
Shared ownership0.5% · 18
Social rented17.9% · 658
Private rented17.2% · 632
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house17.9% · 661
Semi-detached house26.3% · 971
Terraced house43.9% · 1,619
Purpose-built flat8.0% · 295
Converted house1.0% · 38
Other conversion2.2% · 81
Above shop / office0.5% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015824
County division
Mid-Rossendale, Rossendale South
Region
North West
Density rank in council
2 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% owned8,974HHelmshore24.8% aged 65+ · 79.5% owned6,094WWhitewell & 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.