Electoral wardE05009949
Preesall ward, Wyre
Preesall is one of 24 electoral wards of Wyre Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,656 residents in 2,724 households — 392 people per km², the 6th 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 Central division.
Residents, 20215,656council ward average 4,664
Households2,7242.08 residents per household
Density392/ km²about 14.41 km² · Wyre 397
Aged 65+37.1%Wyre: 27.7% · under 16: 12.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.4% · 195
5–93.8% · 216
10–155.4% · 307
16–193.2% · 181
20–243.4% · 195
25–347.1% · 400
35–4913.3% · 753
50–6423.1% · 1,309
65–7419.2% · 1,087
75–8412.8% · 723
85+5.1% · 290
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.1% · 410
1 car or van47.8% · 1,302
2 cars or vans26.7% · 726
3 or more10.5% · 286
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wyre overall: 73.4% owned, 7.6% social rented, 18.2% private rented.
Owned outright52.5% · 1,431
With mortgage25.1% · 684
Shared ownership0.4% · 10
Social rented4.9% · 133
Private rented17.1% · 466
Type of home
Detached house27.0% · 736
Semi-detached house48.4% · 1,319
Terraced house11.0% · 301
Purpose-built flat4.8% · 131
Converted house1.6% · 43
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office1.1% · 30
Caravan, mobile5.9% · 162
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009949- Council
- Wyre Borough Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Wyre Rural Central
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Preesall
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% owned6,616GGreat Eccleston24.1% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned4,365HHambleton & Stalmine33.1% aged 65+ · 82.6% owned4,641PPilling28.2% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned2,628WWyresdale26.3% 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.