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Coniston and Hawkshead ward, Westmorland and Furness

Coniston and Hawkshead is one of 33 electoral wards of Westmorland and Furness Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 3,179 residents in 1,494 households — 15 people per km², the 33rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Barrow and Furness and Westmorland and Lonsdale constituencies.

Residents, 20213,179council ward average 6,866
Households1,4942.13 residents per household
Density15/ km²about 211.93 km² · Westmorland and Furness 60
Aged 65+33.1%Westmorland and Furness: 25.7% · under 16: 11.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.3% · 105
5–93.4% · 108
10–154.5% · 142
16–192.9% · 91
20–244.2% · 134
25–347.6% · 241
35–4913.8% · 438
50–6427.3% · 869
65–7418.4% · 587
75–8411.2% · 355
85+3.5% · 112

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.7% · 115
1 car or van40.7% · 608
2 cars or vans35.3% · 528
3 or more16.3% · 243
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright48.3% · 721
With mortgage16.1% · 240
Shared ownership0.4% · 6
Social rented14.9% · 222
Private rented20.3% · 303

Type of home

Detached house42.9% · 640
Semi-detached house31.7% · 473
Terraced house18.8% · 280
Purpose-built flat2.1% · 31
Converted house1.5% · 22
Other conversion1.3% · 19
Above shop / office1.4% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 7
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.