Electoral wardE05009939
Great Eccleston ward, Wyre
Great Eccleston is one of 24 electoral wards of Wyre Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,365 residents in 1,861 households — 78 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lancaster and Wyre constituency; for county elections it is in the Thornton & Hambleton and Wyre Rural Central divisions.
Residents, 20214,365council ward average 4,664
Households1,8612.35 residents per household
Density78/ km²about 55.89 km² · Wyre 397
Aged 65+24.1%Wyre: 27.7% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 211
5–95.8% · 253
10–155.8% · 255
16–193.3% · 145
20–243.8% · 165
25–3410.2% · 446
35–4917.0% · 741
50–6425.1% · 1,095
65–7413.3% · 579
75–848.5% · 372
85+2.3% · 102
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van5.9% · 110
1 car or van33.9% · 630
2 cars or vans41.7% · 775
3 or more18.5% · 344
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wyre overall: 73.4% owned, 7.6% social rented, 18.2% private rented.
Owned outright48.4% · 902
With mortgage32.7% · 608
Shared ownership1.3% · 25
Social rented5.6% · 104
Private rented11.9% · 222
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house51.4% · 957
Semi-detached house34.9% · 650
Terraced house9.5% · 177
Purpose-built flat0.5% · 10
Converted house0.4% · 7
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.5% · 9
Caravan, mobile2.5% · 47
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009939- Council
- Wyre Borough Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Thornton & Hambleton, Wyre Rural Central
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 22 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Great EcclestonInskip-with-SowerbyKirklandOut RawcliffeUpper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrock with Catterall19.1% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned4,979CCalder26.6% aged 65+ · 81.0% owned2,424GGarstang38.6% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned6,616HHambleton & 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.