Housing in PR7 7LY
What the homes in PR7 7LY are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Chorley West
- Council
- Chorley
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,690 (2024)
PR7 7LYChorley
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (29.4%). Flats make up 20.3%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
65.4% of households in the PR7 7LY area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 25.7% of households, above the England figure of 20.5%. 10.3% own outright and 55% with a mortgage.
- Owned65.4%61.3%
- Shared ownership0%1%
- Private rented25.7%20.5%
- Social rented8.9%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.3 people living in it. 31.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (27.8%). 36% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Chorley
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Chorley (August 2026, +7.1% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around PR7 7LY (Chorley West) (about 1,690 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.