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 (External) 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.

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Population of Lancashire Urban Areas
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