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West Lancashire Borough Council

Local authority area: West Lancashire

West Lancashire is a district council in Lancashire, in the North West England region of England. It covers 346.8 km² and had 119,367 residents in 2022 — about 344 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Ormskirk.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for West Lancashire, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022119,367+7.6% since 2012

Land area346.8km²133.9 sq mi

Density344/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#263of 382 UK councils · #223 in England

Population estimates4 data points

110.9K112.7K113.9K119.4K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
West Lancashire became a local authority area.

Abroad

Twinned with

CergyErkrath

Same county

Other councils in Lancashire

All councils in North West

Preston151,582 Lancaster144,446 Chorley118,624 Wyre114,809 South Ribble112,166 Pendle96,110 Burnley95,553 Hyndburn83,213 Fylde83,008 Rossendale71,169 Ribble Valley63,107

Elections

15 electoral wards

Census 2021: 117,435 residents in 48,526 households across the wards; 21.9% aged 65+, 70.7% of homes owned, 18.0% of households without a car.

1Old Skelmersdale4,557 households · 19.7% aged 65+10,333 2Ormskirk East3,294 households · 19.3% aged 65+9,679 3Aughton & Holborn4,015 households · 29.7% aged 65+9,584 4Skelmersdale South3,619 households · 13.9% aged 65+8,554 5Rural North East3,673 households · 28.8% aged 65+8,527 6Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre3,514 households · 12.3% aged 65+8,490

All wards of West Lancashire

Westminster

Constituencies

West Lancashire · 13 wards Southport · 3 wards

Source: Wikidata Q1290796 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.