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Electoral wardE05014938
Rural West ward, West Lancashire
Rural West is one of 15 electoral wards of West Lancashire Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,505 residents in 3,218 households — 77 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the West Lancashire constituency; for county elections it is in the Burscough & Rufford and West Lancashire West divisions.
Residents, 20217,505council ward average 7,829
Households3,2182.33 residents per household
Density77/ km²about 97.98 km² · West Lancashire 339
Aged 65+28.0%West Lancashire: 21.9% · under 16: 14.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 299
5–94.2% · 315
10–155.8% · 437
16–194.0% · 299
20–243.9% · 295
25–349.2% · 693
35–4914.7% · 1,101
50–6426.1% · 1,960
65–7415.6% · 1,169
75–849.2% · 693
85+3.2% · 240
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.9% · 254
1 car or van38.5% · 1,240
2 cars or vans37.2% · 1,198
3 or more16.4% · 527
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; West Lancashire overall: 70.7% owned, 14.3% social rented, 13.9% private rented.
Owned outright49.1% · 1,581
With mortgage31.7% · 1,021
Shared ownership0.7% · 24
Social rented6.5% · 208
Private rented11.7% · 376
Lives rent free0.2% · 8
Type of home
Detached house40.1% · 1,292
Semi-detached house41.1% · 1,325
Terraced house9.8% · 317
Purpose-built flat1.8% · 58
Converted house0.4% · 14
Other conversion0.3% · 10
Above shop / office0.1% · 3
Caravan, mobile6.2% · 201
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014938- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Burscough & Rufford, West Lancashire West
- Constituency
- West Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 15
Parishes in the ward
DownhollandGreat AltcarHalsallScarisbrick
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 South20.1% aged 65+ · 82.2% owned4,772SSkelmersdale 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.