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Electoral wardE05014935
Ormskirk West ward, West Lancashire
Ormskirk West is one of 15 electoral wards of West Lancashire Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,731 residents in 3,255 households — 1,538 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the West Lancashire constituency; for county elections it is in the Ormskirk division.
Residents, 20217,731council ward average 7,829
Households3,2552.38 residents per household
Density1,538/ km²about 5.03 km² · West Lancashire 339
Aged 65+19.4%West Lancashire: 21.9% · under 16: 15.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 363
5–95.1% · 396
10–155.9% · 455
16–195.5% · 429
20–2411.9% · 921
25–3412.2% · 946
35–4915.8% · 1,221
50–6419.4% · 1,502
65–7410.3% · 794
75–846.4% · 492
85+2.8% · 217
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.0% · 684
1 car or van40.9% · 1,331
2 cars or vans28.6% · 929
3 or more9.4% · 307
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; West Lancashire overall: 70.7% owned, 14.3% social rented, 13.9% private rented.
Owned outright37.9% · 1,236
With mortgage30.9% · 1,007
Shared ownership0.6% · 21
Social rented13.3% · 433
Private rented17.2% · 560
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house14.9% · 485
Semi-detached house55.1% · 1,795
Terraced house16.4% · 535
Purpose-built flat10.0% · 324
Converted house1.6% · 51
Other conversion0.6% · 19
Above shop / office1.4% · 44
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014935- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Ormskirk
- Constituency
- West Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 5 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 East19.3% aged 65+ · 62.4% owned9,679RRural 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.