Vehicle barriers in Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen)

Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen) is the Census 2021 built-up area E63000869 in North West. ONS counted 124,955 usual residents and a median age of 35.

The ONS size class for this settlement is Large. Largest industry groups among employed residents: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles at 19.2%, then Human health and social work activities at 18.2%, then Manufacturing at 12.2%.

Accommodation: Whole house or bungalow: Terraced at 40.2%, then Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached at 32.3%, then Whole house or bungalow: Detached at 14.7%, then Flat, maisonette or apartment at 12.7%. Tenure: Owned: owns outright at 33.8%, then Owned: owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership at 26.7%, then Rented: social rented at 20.3%, then Private rented or lives rent free at 19.1%.

The largest occupation group is Professional occupations at 16.5% of employed residents. Among residents aged 16 and over, 52.1% were recorded as employed.

Wholesale and retail is the largest industry group. Private service yards and retail-park lanes can take a rising arm.

The high street itself cannot. Terraced housing leads the stock.

Street frontages are a poor place for a boom. Private yards behind that housing are the sites worth surveying.

Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 and very small cells may have been suppressed by ONS. A barrier survey is on application and only for a private lane.

This readout does not invent a business park. Other settlements with their own barrier page in North West include Blackpool, Bolton (Bolton), Bootle (Sefton).