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Dalton North ward, Westmorland and Furness

Dalton North is one of 33 electoral wards of Westmorland and Furness Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,936 residents in 2,657 households — 221 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Barrow and Furness constituency.

Residents, 20215,936council ward average 6,866
Households2,6572.23 residents per household
Density221/ km²about 26.90 km² · Westmorland and Furness 60
Aged 65+21.9%Westmorland and Furness: 25.7% · under 16: 15.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 253
5–94.8% · 287
10–156.2% · 369
16–194.3% · 255
20–245.9% · 349
25–3412.1% · 718
35–4916.4% · 972
50–6424.1% · 1,432
65–7412.2% · 723
75–847.3% · 432
85+2.5% · 146

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.9% · 368
1 car or van43.2% · 1,148
2 cars or vans31.0% · 823
3 or more12.0% · 318
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright46.2% · 1,227
With mortgage38.2% · 1,015
Shared ownership0.1% · 3
Social rented2.5% · 66
Private rented13.0% · 345
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house24.2% · 642
Semi-detached house22.6% · 601
Terraced house49.6% · 1,318
Purpose-built flat1.8% · 47
Converted house0.5% · 14
Other conversion0.6% · 17
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 11
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.