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Samlesbury & Walton ward, South Ribble

Samlesbury & Walton is one of 23 electoral wards of South Ribble Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,138 residents in 1,797 households — 168 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ribble Valley constituency; for county elections it is in the South Ribble East division.

Residents, 20214,138council ward average 4,828
Households1,7972.3 residents per household
Density168/ km²about 24.62 km² · South Ribble 982
Aged 65+19.9%South Ribble: 21.7% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 201
5–95.1% · 210
10–156.4% · 266
16–194.0% · 166
20–245.0% · 206
25–3412.2% · 506
35–4918.8% · 776
50–6423.7% · 982
65–7411.7% · 483
75–846.3% · 260
85+2.0% · 82

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.5% · 206
1 car or van39.7% · 714
2 cars or vans34.9% · 628
3 or more13.9% · 249
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright41.0% · 737
With mortgage36.4% · 654
Shared ownership0.4% · 8
Social rented5.5% · 99
Private rented16.6% · 299

Type of home

Detached house29.9% · 537
Semi-detached house30.6% · 550
Terraced house31.1% · 558
Purpose-built flat5.4% · 97
Converted house1.1% · 20
Other conversion1.1% · 19
Above shop / office0.7% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 3
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.