South Dorset: wards and councils

The South Dorset constituency (South West) covers 12 council wards in 1 council area: Dorset (12). 1 of the wards are split with a neighbouring constituency. The 11 wards that lie wholly inside it had 90,559 residents in 41,124 households at the 2021 Census.

Wards12

Aged 65+27.7%

Homes owned66.6%

No car or van19.6%

Shares for the wards wholly inside the constituency.

Ward	Council	Residents	Households	People / km²	Aged 65+	Owned	No car
Chickerell	Dorset	7,817	3,444	498	26.0%	72.1%	13.5%
Crossways	Dorset	3,736	1,636	95	29.0%	74.0%	8.6%
Littlemoor & Preston	Dorset	9,865	4,626	1,160	31.7%	70.5%	16.0%
Melcombe Regis	Dorset	4,301	2,433	4,890	24.3%	42.6%	43.8%
Portland	Dorset	13,558	5,722	1,117	22.6%	64.9%	19.8%
Radipole	Dorset	9,768	4,351	2,175	30.1%	70.8%	19.0%
Rodwell & Wyke	Dorset	13,916	6,318	3,641	27.1%	66.9%	20.7%
South East Purbeck	Dorset	4,132	1,840	29	34.4%	67.1%	8.5%
Swanage	Dorset	9,426	4,512	842	35.5%	69.7%	18.8%
Upwey & Broadwey	Dorset	4,537	2,013	588	27.2%	78.4%	11.5%
West Purbeck	Dorset	9,844	4,024	67	23.0%	59.7%	9.0%
Westham	Dorset	9,503	4,229	3,915	21.5%	57.4%	27.4%

12 wards · Census 2021 (ONS, Nomis) · ward boundaries: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0

Wards and constituencies: ONS Open Geography Portal · Census 2021: ONS via Nomis · Open Government Licence v3.0