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Electoral wardE05014930

Burscough Bridge & Rufford ward, West Lancashire

Burscough Bridge & Rufford is one of 15 electoral wards of West Lancashire Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,353 residents in 3,218 households — 240 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southport and West Lancashire constituencies; for county elections it is in the Burscough & Rufford and West Lancashire East and West Lancashire North divisions.

Residents, 20217,353council ward average 7,829
Households3,2182.28 residents per household
Density240/ km²about 30.60 km² · West Lancashire 339
Aged 65+25.3%West Lancashire: 21.9% · under 16: 15.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 294
5–95.0% · 364
10–156.5% · 477
16–193.8% · 281
20–245.0% · 367
25–349.7% · 716
35–4916.6% · 1,218
50–6424.2% · 1,776
65–7414.0% · 1,027
75–848.5% · 627
85+2.7% · 202

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.6% · 437
1 car or van39.1% · 1,258
2 cars or vans33.4% · 1,076
3 or more13.9% · 449
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; West Lancashire overall: 70.7% owned, 14.3% social rented, 13.9% private rented.

Owned outright42.3% · 1,362
With mortgage32.0% · 1,030
Shared ownership0.7% · 24
Social rented11.2% · 362
Private rented13.7% · 441
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house35.6% · 1,144
Semi-detached house35.5% · 1,141
Terraced house11.6% · 373
Purpose-built flat10.1% · 324
Converted house0.9% · 28
Other conversion1.4% · 45
Above shop / office0.7% · 23
Caravan, mobile4.3% · 139
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014930
County division
Burscough & Rufford, West Lancashire East, West Lancashire North
Region
North West
Density rank in council
11 of 15

Parishes in the ward

BurscoughLathomRuffordTarleton

Other wards in the same constituency

AAughton & Holborn29.7% aged 65+ · 88.4% owned9,584BBurscough Town22.0% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned5,558NNorth Meols & Hesketh Bank24.5% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned7,399OOld Skelmersdale19.7% aged 65+ · 57.6% owned10,333OOrmskirk East19.3% aged 65+ · 62.4% owned9,679OOrmskirk West19.4% aged 65+ · 68.8% owned7,731RRural North East28.8% aged 65+ · 86.4% owned8,527RRural South20.1% aged 65+ · 82.2% owned4,772RRural West28.0% aged 65+ · 80.9% owned7,505SSkelmersdale North16.3% aged 65+ · 66.7% owned8,077SSkelmersdale South13.9% aged 65+ · 44.2% owned8,554TTanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre12.3% aged 65+ · 46.0% owned8,490TTarleton Village27.4% aged 65+ · 82.5% owned6,303UUp Holland23.6% aged 65+ · 76.4% owned7,570

All 15 wards of West Lancashire

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.