20.06.2014

Chorley

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Chorley

Location: North West

Population: 114,400 (2016)

Interesting fact: Chorley played an important role during the Second World War, when it was home to the Royal Ordnance Factory, a large munitions manufacturer in the village of Euxton about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the town centre. A smaller factory was also built near the Blackburn-Wigan railway line in Heapey.

Chorley

Chorley is a member of the Rural Services Network and falls
under the branch of our service called the Rural Assembly.
A list of all the Rural Assembly members can be found here.

Chorley Information
Phone number 01257 515151	Website www.chorley.gov.uk	Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) Lancashire
Frequency of elections Elections are by thirds	Number of councillors 47	Political composition Labour - 29 Conservative Party - 14 Independent Group - 2 Independent Member - 2
MPs Chorley - Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour)	Decision making structure Leader and a Cabinet	Population change Population change One Year Population Change + 1.2% Ten Year Population Change + 9.4%
Police Authority Lancashire Police Authority	Fire Service Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service	Health Authority North West Strategic Health Authority
Area 20,280 Hectares	Rural Output Areas 107 rural OAs from 355 OAs in total	Audited by Northern Region (Audit Commission)
Rural Classification (Defra) Urban with Significant Rural (rural including hub towns 26-49%)	Population by Area- (Density) 5.57 people per hectare	Number of Parishes 23
Number of Parish Meetings 0	Number of Parish Councils 22	Number of Town Councils 1
Average house price £162,500 (Median price paid by local authority, year ending Q4-2015 - provided by UK HPI data published by Land Registry © Crown copyright 2016)	Outsourced Services Information yet to be supplied	Average age of population 40.5 (2011 Census data)
Main Towns Adlington, Chorley	Unemployment rate 0.7% (JSA claimants for August 2017)	Current Council Tax (amount reported is the amount received by the Council - no other services are included) 2014/2015 Council Tax - £177.41 2015/2016 Council Tax - £177.41 2016/2017 Council Tax - £177.41 2017/2018 Council Tax - £180.96
Percentage of households socially rented from council or local authority 3.1% (2011 Census data)	Percentage of population who have reported they are in very good health 47.9% (2011 Census data)	Percentage of population which provides unpaid care 11.4% (2011 Census data)
Employment by Occupation Percentage of people aged 16 and over who are in Social Major Group 1-3 47.1% (ONS annual population survey - April 15-March 16)	Average annual wage for full time employees 2014 Workplaced Based Median - £24,222 2015 Workplaced Based Median - £23,499 2014 Workplaced Based Mean - £27,320 2015 Workplaced Based Mean - £27,750 2014 Resident Based Median - £24,745 2015 Resident Based Median - £25,658 2014 Resident Based Mean - £28,381 2015 Resident Based Mean - £29,784	Percentage of those employed in full time employment 41.5% (2011 Census data)
Cars or vans owned per household (2011 Census data) No cars or vans - 17.1% 1 car or van - 41.2% 2 cars or vans - 32.8% 3 cars or vans - 6.7% 4 or more cars and vans - 2.3%	Local Newspapers Information yet to be supplied	National Park/AONBs None
2015 English Indices of Deprivation analysis tool (Produced by Oxfordshire County Council) The Research & Intelligence Unit of Oxfordshire County Council have produced an interactive tool that present the 2015 English Indices of Deprivation on a map of England to make it easier to explore the data for your areas of interest, and have kindly made this tool available to members of the Rural Services Network. The analysis works through your web browser, and can be accessed for Chorley here

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