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Electoral wardE05014248
Walney Island ward, Westmorland and Furness
Walney Island is one of 33 electoral wards of Westmorland and Furness Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,519 residents in 4,928 households — 796 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Barrow and Furness constituency.
Residents, 202110,519council ward average 6,866
Households4,9282.13 residents per household
Density796/ km²about 13.21 km² · Westmorland and Furness 60
Aged 65+24.7%Westmorland and Furness: 25.7% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 502
5–95.0% · 527
10–156.6% · 692
16–193.9% · 409
20–244.8% · 507
25–3412.2% · 1,281
35–4917.0% · 1,791
50–6421.0% · 2,214
65–7413.4% · 1,412
75–848.8% · 928
85+2.4% · 255
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.8% · 1,072
1 car or van50.0% · 2,465
2 cars or vans22.4% · 1,104
3 or more5.8% · 287
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Westmorland and Furness overall: 71.6% owned, 10.7% social rented, 17.1% private rented.
Owned outright43.5% · 2,142
With mortgage35.5% · 1,747
Shared ownership0.2% · 8
Social rented8.6% · 422
Private rented12.3% · 606
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house8.4% · 413
Semi-detached house34.5% · 1,700
Terraced house47.1% · 2,322
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 217
Converted house0.4% · 19
Other conversion0.2% · 12
Above shop / office0.2% · 11
Caravan, mobile4.7% · 234
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014248- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 33
Parishes in the ward
Barrow
Other wards in the same constituency
CConiston and Hawkshead33.1% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned3,179DDalton North21.9% aged 65+ · 84.3% owned5,936DDalton South23.1% aged 65+ · 77.5% owned5,977HHawcoat and Newbarns27.6% aged 65+ · 86.2% owned10,868HHigh Furness26.8% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned3,768LLow Furness28.1% aged 65+ · 86.4% owned4,202OOld Barrow and Hindpool16.7% aged 65+ · 46.4% owned12,158OOrmsgill and Parkside18.1% aged 65+ · 68.7% owned11,165RRisedale and Roosecote20.5% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned10,783UUlverston25.7% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned11,822
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.