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Electoral wardE05014218

Appleby and Brough ward, Westmorland and Furness

Appleby and Brough is one of 33 electoral wards of Westmorland and Furness Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,985 residents in 2,760 households — 24 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency.

Residents, 20215,985council ward average 6,866
Households2,7602.17 residents per household
Density24/ km²about 245.29 km² · Westmorland and Furness 60
Aged 65+29.4%Westmorland and Furness: 25.7% · under 16: 14.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.8% · 229
5–94.7% · 281
10–156.1% · 366
16–193.4% · 205
20–245.1% · 308
25–348.4% · 504
35–4915.1% · 901
50–6423.9% · 1,431
65–7415.6% · 936
75–8410.4% · 621
85+3.4% · 202

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.8% · 325
1 car or van42.6% · 1,176
2 cars or vans31.3% · 865
3 or more14.3% · 394
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Westmorland and Furness overall: 71.6% owned, 10.7% social rented, 17.1% private rented.

Owned outright50.0% · 1,380
With mortgage21.3% · 588
Shared ownership1.6% · 45
Social rented7.8% · 215
Private rented19.2% · 531

Type of home

Detached house35.2% · 971
Semi-detached house36.9% · 1,018
Terraced house19.5% · 537
Purpose-built flat5.1% · 140
Converted house1.1% · 30
Other conversion1.2% · 33
Above shop / office0.9% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.