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Electoral wardE05014934

Ormskirk East ward, West Lancashire

Ormskirk East is one of 15 electoral wards of West Lancashire Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,679 residents in 3,294 households — 2,705 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the West Lancashire constituency; for county elections it is in the Ormskirk and West Lancashire East divisions.

Residents, 20219,679council ward average 7,829
Households3,2942.94 residents per household
Density2,705/ km²about 3.58 km² · West Lancashire 339
Aged 65+19.3%West Lancashire: 21.9% · under 16: 9.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.3% · 227
5–93.3% · 315
10–154.0% · 391
16–1920.0% · 1,933
20–2418.8% · 1,825
25–347.2% · 697
35–4910.7% · 1,038
50–6414.4% · 1,390
65–749.0% · 874
75–847.2% · 694
85+3.1% · 299

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.6% · 779
1 car or van41.4% · 1,365
2 cars or vans26.1% · 859
3 or more8.9% · 294
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.9% · 1,184
With mortgage26.5% · 872
Shared ownership2.8% · 92
Social rented13.5% · 444
Private rented21.1% · 696
Lives rent free0.2% · 8

Type of home

Detached house17.7% · 584
Semi-detached house47.1% · 1,551
Terraced house14.6% · 480
Purpose-built flat16.7% · 550
Converted house2.5% · 83
Other conversion0.6% · 19
Above shop / office0.7% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014934
County division
Ormskirk, West Lancashire East
Constituency
West Lancashire
Region
North West
Density rank in council
2 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% owned5,558OOld Skelmersdale19.7% aged 65+ · 57.6% owned10,333OOrmskirk 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

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.