- Home
- Councils
- Westmorland and Furness
- Wards
- Penrith South
Electoral wardE05014243
Penrith South ward, Westmorland and Furness
Penrith South is one of 33 electoral wards of Westmorland and Furness Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,414 residents in 4,397 households — 1,178 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Penrith and Solway constituency.
Residents, 20219,414council ward average 6,866
Households4,3972.14 residents per household
Density1,178/ km²about 7.99 km² · Westmorland and Furness 60
Aged 65+21.9%Westmorland and Furness: 25.7% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 445
5–95.1% · 477
10–156.7% · 628
16–193.5% · 329
20–244.9% · 464
25–3413.3% · 1,248
35–4918.9% · 1,778
50–6421.1% · 1,982
65–7410.5% · 989
75–847.9% · 748
85+3.5% · 326
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.4% · 1,072
1 car or van44.1% · 1,940
2 cars or vans24.3% · 1,067
3 or more7.2% · 318
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Westmorland and Furness overall: 71.6% owned, 10.7% social rented, 17.1% private rented.
Owned outright35.6% · 1,566
With mortgage24.1% · 1,058
Shared ownership1.9% · 84
Social rented19.2% · 844
Private rented19.3% · 847
Type of home
Detached house17.8% · 782
Semi-detached house32.6% · 1,435
Terraced house27.0% · 1,188
Purpose-built flat17.3% · 760
Converted house1.7% · 76
Other conversion1.8% · 79
Above shop / office1.7% · 76
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014243- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 33
Parishes in the ward
Penrith
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.