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Electoral wardE05015826

Whitworth ward, Rossendale

Whitworth is one of 10 electoral wards of Rossendale Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,798 residents in 3,488 households — 430 people per km², the 3rd 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 division.

Residents, 20217,798council ward average 7,087
Households3,4882.24 residents per household
Density430/ km²about 18.14 km² · Rossendale 513
Aged 65+20.3%Rossendale: 19.3% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 387
5–95.6% · 439
10–157.4% · 577
16–193.6% · 282
20–244.8% · 371
25–3412.4% · 969
35–4917.5% · 1,367
50–6423.4% · 1,826
65–7411.3% · 879
75–846.7% · 523
85+2.3% · 180

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.8% · 656
1 car or van42.9% · 1,497
2 cars or vans29.1% · 1,016
3 or more9.2% · 323
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.6% · 1,171
With mortgage33.2% · 1,159
Shared ownership0.1% · 5
Social rented16.2% · 564
Private rented16.9% · 589

Type of home

Detached house20.4% · 710
Semi-detached house33.0% · 1,152
Terraced house35.5% · 1,237
Purpose-built flat8.5% · 297
Converted house1.2% · 41
Other conversion1.0% · 35
Above shop / office0.3% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015826
County division
Whitworth & Bacup
Region
North West
Density rank in council
7 of 10

Parishes in the ward

Whitworth

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% owned8,542WWhitewell & Stacksteads18.9% aged 65+ · 63.0% owned7,008

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.