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Electoral wardE05014932

North Meols & Hesketh Bank ward, West Lancashire

North Meols & Hesketh Bank is one of 15 electoral wards of West Lancashire Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,399 residents in 3,162 households — 153 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southport constituency; for county elections it is in the West Lancashire North division.

Residents, 20217,399council ward average 7,829
Households3,1622.34 residents per household
Density153/ km²about 48.49 km² · West Lancashire 339
Aged 65+24.5%West Lancashire: 21.9% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 321
5–94.4% · 329
10–156.1% · 452
16–193.8% · 278
20–245.0% · 370
25–3411.1% · 824
35–4916.4% · 1,215
50–6424.3% · 1,799
65–7414.0% · 1,034
75–848.2% · 607
85+2.4% · 175

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.5% · 302
1 car or van40.5% · 1,283
2 cars or vans34.2% · 1,081
3 or more15.7% · 498
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.9% · 1,425
With mortgage33.2% · 1,052
Shared ownership1.2% · 38
Social rented8.7% · 276
Private rented11.9% · 378
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house39.8% · 1,260
Semi-detached house43.7% · 1,384
Terraced house7.5% · 239
Purpose-built flat4.2% · 134
Converted house0.3% · 11
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 7
Caravan, mobile4.1% · 129
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014932
County division
West Lancashire North
Constituency
Southport
Region
North West
Density rank in council
13 of 15

Parishes in the ward

Hesketh-with-BecconsallNorth Meols

Other wards in the same constituency

BBurscough Bridge & Rufford25.3% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned7,353TTarleton Village27.4% aged 65+ · 82.5% owned6,303

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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.