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Electoral wardE05014936

Rural North East ward, West Lancashire

Rural North East is one of 15 electoral wards of West Lancashire Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,527 residents in 3,673 households — 162 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the West Lancashire constituency; for county elections it is in the Skelmersdale East and West Lancashire East divisions.

Residents, 20218,527council ward average 7,829
Households3,6732.32 residents per household
Density162/ km²about 52.47 km² · West Lancashire 339
Aged 65+28.8%West Lancashire: 21.9% · under 16: 14.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.3% · 283
5–94.4% · 378
10–156.6% · 564
16–193.8% · 324
20–243.9% · 332
25–347.4% · 628
35–4916.9% · 1,439
50–6424.9% · 2,123
65–7414.7% · 1,258
75–8410.6% · 904
85+3.5% · 297

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.7% · 245
1 car or van34.5% · 1,269
2 cars or vans41.7% · 1,532
3 or more17.1% · 628
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright52.7% · 1,936
With mortgage33.7% · 1,237
Shared ownership0.6% · 23
Social rented3.5% · 129
Private rented9.4% · 345
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house51.8% · 1,904
Semi-detached house34.7% · 1,275
Terraced house10.5% · 387
Purpose-built flat1.9% · 71
Converted house0.2% · 9
Other conversion0.3% · 12
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 9
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014936
County division
Skelmersdale East, West Lancashire East
Constituency
West Lancashire
Region
North West
Density rank in council
12 of 15

Parishes in the ward

BisphamDaltonHilldaleNewburghParboldWrightington

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% owned9,679OOrmskirk West19.4% aged 65+ · 68.8% owned7,731RRural 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.