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Farington East ward, South Ribble

Farington East is one of 23 electoral wards of South Ribble Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,548 residents in 1,987 households — 1,248 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Ribble constituency; for county elections it is in the Moss Side & Farington division.

Residents, 20214,548council ward average 4,828
Households1,9872.29 residents per household
Density1,248/ km²about 3.64 km² · South Ribble 982
Aged 65+17.9%South Ribble: 21.7% · under 16: 18.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.6% · 298
5–96.6% · 299
10–155.7% · 261
16–192.9% · 132
20–245.7% · 261
25–3419.7% · 897
35–4918.4% · 835
50–6416.6% · 753
65–7410.3% · 469
75–845.6% · 255
85+1.9% · 88

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.3% · 225
1 car or van44.3% · 881
2 cars or vans36.4% · 723
3 or more8.0% · 158
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; South Ribble overall: 76.0% owned, 10.4% social rented, 12.8% private rented.

Owned outright33.2% · 659
With mortgage49.0% · 974
Shared ownership2.0% · 39
Social rented3.3% · 65
Private rented12.6% · 250

Type of home

Detached house16.3% · 323
Semi-detached house60.6% · 1,204
Terraced house19.9% · 396
Purpose-built flat2.4% · 47
Converted house0.2% · 4
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.