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Electoral wardE05014931
Burscough Town ward, West Lancashire
Burscough Town is one of 15 electoral wards of West Lancashire Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,558 residents in 2,254 households — 679 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the West Lancashire constituency; for county elections it is in the Burscough & Rufford division.
Residents, 20215,558council ward average 7,829
Households2,2542.47 residents per household
Density679/ km²about 8.19 km² · West Lancashire 339
Aged 65+22.0%West Lancashire: 21.9% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 289
5–95.8% · 324
10–156.9% · 384
16–194.2% · 234
20–245.0% · 276
25–3411.2% · 623
35–4918.2% · 1,011
50–6421.4% · 1,191
65–7411.8% · 655
75–847.3% · 405
85+2.9% · 163
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.3% · 209
1 car or van39.3% · 885
2 cars or vans38.5% · 866
3 or more13.0% · 292
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; West Lancashire overall: 70.7% owned, 14.3% social rented, 13.9% private rented.
Owned outright42.5% · 959
With mortgage39.2% · 885
Shared ownership0.4% · 8
Social rented6.5% · 147
Private rented11.1% · 251
Lives rent free0.2% · 5
Type of home
Detached house27.8% · 626
Semi-detached house58.2% · 1,311
Terraced house11.2% · 253
Purpose-built flat2.0% · 46
Converted house0.4% · 9
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014931- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Burscough & Rufford
- Constituency
- West Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 15
Parishes in the ward
Burscough
Other wards in the same constituency
AAughton & Holborn29.7% aged 65+ · 88.4% owned9,584BBurscough Bridge & Rufford25.3% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned7,353OOld 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% owned8,490UUp Holland23.6% aged 65+ · 76.4% owned7,570
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.