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Electoral wardE05014941

Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre ward, West Lancashire

Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre is one of 15 electoral wards of West Lancashire Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,490 residents in 3,514 households — 2,586 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the West Lancashire constituency; for county elections it is in the Skelmersdale Central and Skelmersdale West divisions.

Residents, 20218,490council ward average 7,829
Households3,5142.42 residents per household
Density2,586/ km²about 3.28 km² · West Lancashire 339
Aged 65+12.3%West Lancashire: 21.9% · under 16: 23.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.1% · 601
5–97.9% · 671
10–158.9% · 755
16–194.5% · 385
20–246.1% · 518
25–3414.9% · 1,261
35–4920.5% · 1,738
50–6417.8% · 1,506
65–747.2% · 613
75–844.1% · 346
85+1.0% · 85

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van36.4% · 1,278
1 car or van39.2% · 1,377
2 cars or vans19.4% · 680
3 or more5.1% · 179
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright17.8% · 626
With mortgage28.2% · 989
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented37.5% · 1,314
Private rented15.8% · 554
Lives rent free0.5% · 16

Type of home

Detached house17.6% · 618
Semi-detached house21.8% · 765
Terraced house40.9% · 1,438
Purpose-built flat19.0% · 666
Converted house0.3% · 10
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014941
County division
Skelmersdale Central, Skelmersdale West
Constituency
West Lancashire
Region
North West
Density rank in council
4 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% owned9,679OOrmskirk West19.4% aged 65+ · 68.8% owned7,731RRural North East28.8% aged 65+ · 86.4% owned8,527RRural South20.1% aged 65+ · 82.2% owned4,772RRural West28.0% aged 65+ · 80.9% owned7,505SSkelmersdale North16.3% aged 65+ · 66.7% owned8,077SSkelmersdale South13.9% aged 65+ · 44.2% owned8,554UUp 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.