20.06.2014

Lancaster

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Lancaster

Location: North West

Population: 142,283 (Mid-year estimate 2015)

Interesting fact: Following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Lancaster fell under the control of William I, as stated in the Domesday Book of 1086, which is the earliest known mention of Lancaster in any document.

Lancaster

Lancaster 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.

Lancaster Information
Phone number 01524 582000	Website www.lancaster.gov.uk	Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) Lancashire
Frequency of elections Elections are of whole counci	Number of councillors 60	Political composition Labour - 29 Conservative - 18 Green - 8 Independent - 2 Free Independent - 1 Non-aligned Independent - 1 Vacant - 1
MPs Lancaster and Fleetwood - Cat Smith (Labour) Morecambe and Lunesdale - David Morris (Conservative)	Decision making structure Leader and a Cabinet	Population change Population change One Year Population Change + 0.7% Ten Year Population Change + 4.0%
Police Authority Lancashire Police Authority	Fire Service Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service	Health Authority North West Strategic Health Authority
Area 57,586 Hectares	Rural Output Areas 129 rural OAs from 465 OAs in total	Audited by KPMG LLP (England)
Rural Classification (Defra) Urban with Significant Rural (rural including hub towns 26-49%)	Population by Area- (Density) 2.47 people per hectare	Number of Parishes Information yet to be supplied
Number of Parish Meetings 6	Number of Parish Councils 31	Number of Town Councils 1
Average house price £144,500 (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 40.2 (2011 Census data)
Main Towns Lancaster, Morcambe	Unemployment rate 0.5% (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 - £199.99 2015/2016 Council Tax - £203.97 2016/2017 Council Tax - £208.97 2017/2018 Council Tax - £213.97
Percentage of households socially rented from council or local authority 6.3% (2011 Census data)	Percentage of population who have reported they are in very good health 46.7% (2011 Census data)	Percentage of population which provides unpaid care 10.6% (2011 Census data)
Employment by Occupation Percentage of people aged 16 and over who are in Social Major Group 1-3 48.4% (ONS annual population survey - April 15-March 16)	Average annual wage for full time employees 2014 Workplaced Based Median - £25,089 2015 Workplaced Based Median - £25,967 2014 Workplaced Based Mean - £31,549 2015 Workplaced Based Mean - £31,075 2014 Resident Based Median - £27,752 2015 Resident Based Median - £26,387 2014 Resident Based Mean - £32,513 2015 Resident Based Mean - £30,934	Percentage of those employed in full time employment 33.7% (2011 Census data)
Cars or vans owned per household (2011 Census data) No cars or vans - 24.6% 1 car or van - 45.5% 2 cars or vans - 23.6% 3 cars or vans - 4.8% 4 or more cars and vans - 1.5%	Local Newspapers Information yet to be supplied	National Park/AONBs Arnside and Silverdale (AONBs)
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 Lancaster here

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