Vehicle barriers in Preston (Preston)

Preston (Preston) is the Census 2021 built-up area E63000830 in North West. ONS counted 94,490 usual residents and a median age of 33.

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 18.6%, then Human health and social work activities at 18.2%, then Manufacturing at 9.5%.

Accommodation: Whole house or bungalow: Terraced at 39.4%, then Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached at 28.5%, then Flat, maisonette or apartment at 23%, then Whole house or bungalow: Detached at 9%. Tenure: Private rented or lives rent free at 28.5%, then Owned: owns outright at 24.9%, then Owned: owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership at 23.8%, then Rented: social rented at 22.9%.

The largest occupation group is Elementary occupations at 16% of employed residents. Among residents aged 16 and over, 54.7% 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 Prestwich, Radcliffe, Ramsbottom.