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Electoral wardE05015825

Whitewell & Stacksteads ward, Rossendale

Whitewell & Stacksteads is one of 10 electoral wards of Rossendale Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,008 residents in 3,178 households — 343 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rossendale and Darwen constituency; for county elections it is in the Rossendale East division.

Residents, 20217,008council ward average 7,087
Households3,1782.21 residents per household
Density343/ km²about 20.43 km² · Rossendale 513
Aged 65+18.9%Rossendale: 19.3% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 352
5–95.9% · 415
10–157.3% · 513
16–194.3% · 302
20–244.4% · 307
25–3412.4% · 868
35–4918.7% · 1,308
50–6423.1% · 1,622
65–7411.2% · 782
75–845.9% · 416
85+1.8% · 125

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.4% · 647
1 car or van43.9% · 1,395
2 cars or vans25.7% · 818
3 or more10.0% · 319
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.0% · 1,017
With mortgage31.1% · 988
Shared ownership0.1% · 3
Social rented19.0% · 604
Private rented17.8% · 567
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house12.4% · 394
Semi-detached house30.0% · 953
Terraced house47.8% · 1,518
Purpose-built flat7.2% · 229
Converted house1.6% · 50
Other conversion0.6% · 19
Above shop / office0.4% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015825
County division
Rossendale East
Region
North West
Density rank in council
8 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% owned5,732HHelmshore24.8% aged 65+ · 79.5% owned6,094LLongholme18.5% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned8,542WWhitworth20.3% 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.