West Dorset: wards and councils

The West Dorset constituency (South West) covers 16 council wards in 1 council area: Dorset (16). The 16 wards that lie wholly inside it had 92,529 residents in 42,766 households at the 2021 Census.

Wards16

Aged 65+32.1%

Homes owned67.5%

No car or van14.5%

Shares for the wards wholly inside the constituency.

Ward	Council	Residents	Households	People / km²	Aged 65+	Owned	No car
Beaminster	Dorset	4,258	2,042	113	35.1%	67.3%	11.2%
Bridport	Dorset	13,751	6,819	385	35.5%	66.9%	18.6%
Chalk Valleys	Dorset	4,788	2,112	30	31.3%	71.5%	6.5%
Charminster St Mary's	Dorset	5,165	2,243	83	26.6%	71.3%	8.6%
Chesil Bank	Dorset	3,932	1,847	36	38.3%	72.0%	8.3%
Dorchester East	Dorset	8,219	3,802	3,224	26.6%	67.1%	20.2%
Dorchester Poundbury	Dorset	4,072	2,003	2,161	30.7%	56.3%	18.0%
Dorchester West	Dorset	9,067	4,196	3,379	27.8%	62.2%	25.9%
Eggardon	Dorset	6,178	2,693	48	28.6%	69.6%	7.0%
Lyme & Charmouth	Dorset	5,078	2,510	728	41.1%	70.6%	15.9%
Marshwood Vale	Dorset	3,508	1,576	34	36.6%	76.2%	5.0%
Sherborne East	Dorset	4,389	2,217	1,428	38.3%	63.0%	18.9%
Sherborne Rural	Dorset	4,954	2,185	45	31.0%	70.7%	6.4%
Sherborne West	Dorset	5,972	2,477	1,654	27.4%	58.7%	18.9%
Winterborne & Broadmayne	Dorset	4,287	1,880	54	30.6%	74.0%	7.7%
Yetminster	Dorset	4,911	2,164	41	33.6%	72.4%	6.9%

16 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