Electoral wardE05009938
Garstang ward, Wyre
Garstang is one of 24 electoral wards of Wyre Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,616 residents in 3,235 households — 412 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lancaster and Wyre constituency; for county elections it is in the Wyre Rural East division.
Residents, 20216,616council ward average 4,664
Households3,2352.05 residents per household
Density412/ km²about 16.04 km² · Wyre 397
Aged 65+38.6%Wyre: 27.7% · under 16: 12.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.6% · 241
5–93.7% · 245
10–155.3% · 351
16–192.8% · 186
20–243.0% · 196
25–347.6% · 501
35–4913.3% · 883
50–6422.1% · 1,459
65–7418.1% · 1,196
75–8414.6% · 969
85+5.9% · 389
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.0% · 487
1 car or van47.3% · 1,533
2 cars or vans28.0% · 906
3 or more9.6% · 312
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wyre overall: 73.4% owned, 7.6% social rented, 18.2% private rented.
Owned outright58.3% · 1,887
With mortgage20.9% · 676
Shared ownership1.2% · 38
Social rented6.4% · 206
Private rented13.2% · 427
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house37.3% · 1,205
Semi-detached house32.4% · 1,049
Terraced house10.3% · 334
Purpose-built flat7.4% · 239
Converted house1.0% · 32
Other conversion0.3% · 11
Above shop / office0.9% · 28
Caravan, mobile10.4% · 335
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009938- Council
- Wyre Borough Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Wyre Rural East
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 24
Parishes in the ward
CabusGarstangNateby
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrock with Catterall19.1% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned4,979CCalder26.6% aged 65+ · 81.0% owned2,424GGreat Eccleston24.1% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned4,365HHambleton & Stalmine33.1% aged 65+ · 82.6% owned4,641PPilling28.2% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned2,628PPreesall37.1% aged 65+ · 77.6% owned5,656WWyresdale26.3% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned2,335
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.