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Rural South ward, West Lancashire
Rural South is one of 15 electoral wards of West Lancashire Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,772 residents in 1,499 households — 108 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the West Lancashire constituency; for county elections it is in the Skelmersdale West and West Lancashire East and West Lancashire West divisions.
Residents, 20214,772council ward average 7,829
Households1,4993.18 residents per household
Density108/ km²about 44.31 km² · West Lancashire 339
Aged 65+20.1%West Lancashire: 21.9% · under 16: 10.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.7% · 127
5–93.1% · 146
10–154.7% · 224
16–1923.7% · 1,133
20–249.0% · 430
25–347.4% · 353
35–4912.0% · 572
50–6417.3% · 828
65–7410.6% · 505
75–847.6% · 365
85+1.9% · 92
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.1% · 137
1 car or van33.8% · 506
2 cars or vans38.5% · 577
3 or more18.6% · 278
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; West Lancashire overall: 70.7% owned, 14.3% social rented, 13.9% private rented.
Owned outright49.4% · 740
With mortgage32.7% · 490
Shared ownership0.9% · 14
Social rented4.7% · 71
Private rented12.0% · 180
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house43.9% · 657
Semi-detached house41.4% · 620
Terraced house11.8% · 177
Purpose-built flat1.1% · 17
Converted house0.1% · 1
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.3% · 4
Caravan, mobile1.3% · 20
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014937- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Skelmersdale West, West Lancashire East, West Lancashire West
- Constituency
- West Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 15
Parishes in the ward
AughtonBickerstaffeLathom SouthSimonswood
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 North East28.8% aged 65+ · 86.4% owned8,527RRural 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.