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Administrative Areas

Ward
University & Scotforth Rural
Local Authority
Lancaster
County
Lancashire
Constituency
Lancaster and Fleetwood
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
54
Population
1726
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
36
England❚LA2 0LJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
2

Age Groups

Population
1726
Under 16
1%
16 - 64
97%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
1%
16 - 29
89%
30 - 44
5%
45 - 59
2%
60 - 74
2%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
1703
Single
1583
Married
98
Separated
4
Divorced
13
Widowed
5

Health

Population
1726
Very good
1108
Good
537
Fair
69
Bad
10
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
1703
England❚LA2 0LJ❚
Degree or above
770
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
101
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
62
Apprenticeship
599
Other qualifications
131
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
1726
White British
979
White Irish
9
White Gypsy
1
White Other
205
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
12
Mixed Other
12
Asian Indian
128
Asian Pakistani
16
Asian Bangladeshi
3
Asian Chinese
249
Asian Other
52
Black African
28
Black Caribbean
5
Arab
10
Other
12

Country of Birth

Population
1726
England
983
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
12
Wales
13
Ireland
2
France
12
Germany
33
Italy
4
Portugal
2
Spain
8
Lithuania
2
Poland
5
Romania
3
Turkey
3
Ghana
1
Nigeria
19
South Africa
5
Zimbabwe
4
Middle East
25
China
206
Hong Kong
13
Bangladesh
1
India
102
Pakistan
9
Sri Lanka
1
USA
11
North America - Other
5
Central America
3
South America
10
Carribean
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
1726
Christian
722
Buddhist
36
Hindu
103
Jewish
2
Muslim
62
Sikh
9
Other
14
No religion
677
Not stated
101

Industry

Population
340
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
74
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
71
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
6
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
76
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
1693
England❚LA2 0LJ❚
Full-Time employee
44
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
9
Unemployed
2
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
6
Student
1588
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
54
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
22
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
55
Occupied
54
Unoccupied
1
Detached
19
Semi detached
25
Terraced
11

Household Size

All categoies
54
One person
7
Two people
27
Three people
10
Four people
7
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

LA1 4GJ LA1 4ZP LA1 4YZ LA1 4YU LA1 4YX LA1 4WA LA1 4YJ LA1 4YR

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019