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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Blackburn With Darwen

Blackburn with Darwen is a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, North West England. Its council is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. The borough includes the towns of Blackburn and Darwen plus a wider rural area which includes the villages of Lower Darwen, Feniscowles, Brownhill and Hoddlesden.

Formation

It was founded in 1974 as the Lancashire borough of Blackburn, from the County Borough of Blackburn, the Municipal Borough of Darwen, the parish of North Turton from Turton Urban District (chiefly the villages of Belmont, Chapeltown and Edgworth) and parts of Blackburn Rural District. It was renamed in May 1997, in preparation for a split from Lancashire County Council. On 1 April 1998 it became a unitary authority.

Demographics

Ethnicity

Ethnicity of school pupils
Ethnic group School year
2021/2022
Number %
White: Total 12,911 46.1
White: British 11,876 42.4
White: Irish 28 0.1
White: Traveller of Irish heritage 25 0.1
White: Gypsy/Roma 21 0.1
White: Other 961 3.4
Asian / Asian British: Total 12,835 45.8
Asian / Asian British: Indian 4,592 16.4
Asian / Asian British: Pakistani 7,282 26.0
Asian / Asian British: Bangladeshi 290 1.0
Asian / Asian British: Chinese 71 0.3
Asian / Asian British: Other Asians 600 2.1
Black / Black British: Total 344 1.2
Black: Caribbean 13 0.0
Black: African 274 1.0
Black: Other Blacks 57 0.2
Mixed / British Mixed 1,129 4
Other: Total 474 1.7
Unclassified 290 1.0
Total: 27,983 100.0

Religion

According to the 2021 census, 38.0% of the population was Christian, 35.0% Muslim, 0.3% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.4% followed another religions (including Judaism, Sikhism and others), 21.1% were not affiliated to a religion and 5.0% did not state their religious views.

Religion in Blackburn with Darwen as of 2021

  Christianity (38.0%)
  Islam (35.0%)
  Hinduism (0.3%)
  Buddhism (0.2%)
  Sikh (0.1%)
  No religion (21.1%)
  Not stated (5.0%)
  Other (0.3%)

Governance

The council is based at Blackburn Town Hall on King William Street in the centre of Blackburn. As a unitary authority, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council provides most local government services. Parts of the borough are covered by civil parishes, which provide a lower tier of local government.

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Blackburn with Darwen at current basic prices published Archived 22 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year Regional Gross Value Added Agriculture Industry Services
1995 1,496 3 755 737
2000 1,597 3 678 916
2003 1,785 4 647 1,134

Settlements

Civil parishes

  1. Darwen (town council)
  2. Eccleshill
  3. Livesey
  4. North Turton
  5. Pleasington
  6. Tockholes
  7. Yate and Pickup Bank

The town of Blackburn and the village of Hoddlesden lie in unparished areas.

Education

As a unitary authority, Blackburn with Darwen authority has a statutory responsibility for educational standards and schooling within its boundaries.

Transport

Blackburn with Darwen Council has a stated transport policy of "making roads traffic free".

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen.

Individuals

Military Units

See also