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Population of Lancashire Urban Areas
2001

June 2004

Introduction

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released 2001 Census information for urban areas in England and Wales. Basic population figures for Lancashire "built-up areas" or urban settlements are given below. Further details covering a wide range of other census variables for urban areas are available on the ONS website.

The results provide details for all urban areas with a population larger than 1,500 residents and having an area of at least 20 hectares. It is not intended that conclusions should be drawn from these defined urban areas to differentiate between "urban/rural" areas used for policy purposes. For this need, a new classification is being prepared.

Table 1 Population of Lancashire Urban Areas, 2001 - Usual Resident Population
Urban Area All People Males Females Area (hectares) Density (people/hectare)
           
Accrington 35,200 17,130 18,070 696 50.6
Adlington 7,790 3,850 3,940 171 45.6
Appley Bridge 5,160 2,590 2,570 115 44.8
Bacup 12,760 6,170 6,590 290 44.0
Banks 3,360 1,640 1,720 117 28.7
Barnoldswick 10,860 5,300 5,560 195 55.7
Blackburn with Darwen 105,090 51,370 53,720 2,449 42.9
Blackpool 142,280 68,740 73,540 3,092 46.0
Bolton-le-Sands 7,010 3,330 3,680 199 35.2
Barrowford 5,260 2,560 2,700 112 47.0
Brierfield 10,050 4,960 5,090 248 40.5
Burnley 73,020 35,390 37,630 1,582 46.2
Burscough Bridge 8,540 4,140 4,400 197 43.3
Carnforth 5,350 2,560 2,790 141 37.9
Caton 2,430 1,150 1,280 67 36.2
Catterall 1,990 980 1,010 48 41.4
Chorley 33,420 16,320 17,100 699 47.8
Church 3,990 1,950 2,040 112 35.6
Clayton-le-Moors 8,290 4,010 4,280 172 48.2
Clitheroe 14,700 7,080 7,620 330 44.5
Colne 20,120 9,640 10,480 374 53.8
Coppull 7,260 3,560 3,800 132 55.0
Croston 2,680 1,300 1,380 66 40.6
Darwen 31,570 15,470 16,100 758 41.7
Earby 5,260 2,600 2,660 99 53.1
Eccleston 4,710 2,280 2,430 119 39.6
Edenfield 2,080 1,000 1,080 39 53.3
Euxton 7,690 3,750 3,940 168 45.8
Fence 1,590 790 800 38 41.7
Fleetwood 26,840 12,860 13,980 570 47.1
Freckleton/Warton 8,390 4,010 4,380 441 19.0
Galgate 1,580 750 830 35 45.1
Garstang 6,290 3,010 3,280 175 36.0
Goosnargh 1,540 750 790 69 22.3
Great Eccleston 1,650 780 870 46 35.8
Great Harwood 11,220 5,460 5,760 198 56.7
Halton 2,170 1,060 1,110 53 40.9
Hambleton 2,190 1,050 1,150 52 42.2
Haslingden 14,870 7,240 7,640 354 42.0
Higher Walton 5,380 2,610 2,770 109 49.4
Kirkham 10,370 5,180 5,190 215 48.2
Lancaster 45,950 21,900 24,050 835 55.0
Lancaster University 4,160 2,010 2,150 29 143.3
Langho 2,010 990 1,020 53 38.0
Leyland 37,100 18,130 18,970 887 41.8
Longridge 7,490 3,600 3,890 154 48.6
Longton 12,520 6,080 6,440 410 30.5
Lytham St.Annes 41,330 19,330 22,000 1,250 33.1
Mellor 2,400 1,150 1,250 224 10.7
Morecambe 49,570 23,470 26,100 1,302 38.1
Nelson 29,000 14,160 14,840 464 62.5
Newton with Scales 1,590 770 820 33 48.1
Ormskirk 23,390 10,970 12,420 600 39.0
Oswaldtwistle 12,530 6,120 6,410 215 58.3
Padiham 11,090 5,330 5,760 205 54.1
Parbold 2,700 1,270 1,430 83 32.6
Poulton-le-Fylde 19,480 9,100 10,380 779 25.0
Preesall 4,780 2,210 2,580 125 38.3
Preston 184,840 90,090 94,740 4,227 43.7
Rawtenstall 21,800 10,580 11,220 490 44.5
Read 2,280 1,110 1,160 83 27.4
Rishton 7,350 3,630 3,720 105 70.0
Skelmersdale 39,280 18,890 20,390 983 40.0
Tarleton 8,210 4,080 4,130 379 21.7
Thornton/Cleveleys 31,160 14,670 16,490 897 34.7
Whalley 3,230 1,500 1,730 88 36.7
Whitworth 5,670 2,820 2,860 127 44.7
Wymott 1,550 1,370 180 81 19.1
           
Urban Agglomerations(1)
ACCRINGTON 71,220 34,660 36,560 1,392 51.2
BLACKBURN/DARWEN 136,650 66,830 69,820 3,207 42.6
BLACKPOOL 261,090 124,700 136,390 6,586 39.6
BURNLEY/NELSON 149,800 72,660 77,140 3,027 49.5
LANCASTER/MORECAMBE 95,520 45,370 50,150 2,138 44.7
PRESTON 264,600 129,660 134,940 6,062 43.7
ROSSENDALE 49,430 23,990 25,440 1,134 43.6
Source ONS - Census of Population, 2001
Note (1) Urban Agglomerations defined as follows:
ACCRINGTON: Accrington/Church/Clayton-le-Moors/Great Harwood/Oswaldtwistle
BLACKBURN/DARWEN: Blackburn/Darwen
BLACKPOOL: Blackpool/Fleetwood/Lytham St. Annes/Poulton-le-Fylde/Thornton/Cleveleys
BURNLEY/NELSON: Barrowford/Brierfield/Burnley/Colne/Nelson/Padiham
LANCASTER/MORECAMBE: Lancaster/Morecambe
PRESTON: Chorley/Euxton/Leyland/Preston/Wymott
ROSSENDALE: Bacup/Haslingden/Rawtenstall

Urban areas are defined in Census output as being an aggregation of Output Areas. These do not necessarily have exactly the same boundaries as the true urban area. Whilst this provides a good approximation to the number of people living in urban areas it tends to overstate hectarage figures, and area and density figures based on this approximation are not published. The area and density figures provided in the above table are based on the exact boundaries of urban land. These tend to slightly overstate the density of population in urban areas, more so in the case of smaller areas, but are comparable.

This page was compiled by Peter Kivell.

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