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Electoral wardE05014933
Old Skelmersdale ward, West Lancashire
Old Skelmersdale is one of 15 electoral wards of West Lancashire Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,333 residents in 4,557 households — 1,528 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the West Lancashire constituency; for county elections it is in the Skelmersdale Central and Skelmersdale West divisions.
Residents, 202110,333council ward average 7,829
Households4,5572.27 residents per household
Density1,528/ km²about 6.76 km² · West Lancashire 339
Aged 65+19.7%West Lancashire: 21.9% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 532
5–95.5% · 565
10–157.1% · 734
16–194.8% · 498
20–246.5% · 667
25–3412.1% · 1,252
35–4918.3% · 1,893
50–6420.9% · 2,159
65–7410.2% · 1,055
75–847.1% · 730
85+2.4% · 246
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.2% · 1,288
1 car or van44.3% · 2,019
2 cars or vans20.7% · 945
3 or more6.8% · 309
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; West Lancashire overall: 70.7% owned, 14.3% social rented, 13.9% private rented.
Owned outright29.6% · 1,351
With mortgage28.0% · 1,278
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented23.8% · 1,087
Private rented18.0% · 821
Lives rent free0.4% · 16
Type of home
Detached house10.8% · 491
Semi-detached house30.1% · 1,369
Terraced house45.3% · 2,061
Purpose-built flat12.8% · 582
Converted house0.7% · 32
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014933- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Skelmersdale Central, Skelmersdale West
- Constituency
- West Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 15
Other wards in the same constituency
AAughton & Holborn29.7% aged 65+ · 88.4% owned9,584BBurscough Bridge & Rufford25.3% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned7,353BBurscough Town22.0% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned5,558OOrmskirk 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.