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Popley ward, Basingstoke and Deane

Popley is one of 18 electoral wards of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,468 residents in 4,439 households — 5,953 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Basingstoke constituency; for county elections it is in the Basingstoke North division.

Residents, 202111,468council ward average 10,286
Households4,4392.58 residents per household
Density5,953/ km²about 1.93 km² · Basingstoke and Deane 292
Aged 65+11.5%Basingstoke and Deane: 17.3% · under 16: 23.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.4% · 729
5–97.8% · 894
10–159.0% · 1,027
16–194.7% · 540
20–245.7% · 656
25–3415.9% · 1,821
35–4923.7% · 2,716
50–6415.4% · 1,764
65–746.6% · 757
75–843.9% · 445
85+1.0% · 119

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.6% · 1,002
1 car or van43.8% · 1,945
2 cars or vans26.8% · 1,191
3 or more6.8% · 303
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Basingstoke and Deane overall: 64.8% owned, 17.9% social rented, 15.4% private rented.

Owned outright17.6% · 780
With mortgage28.7% · 1,275
Shared ownership2.9% · 127
Social rented35.1% · 1,557
Private rented15.7% · 699
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house5.0% · 223
Semi-detached house12.1% · 536
Terraced house58.5% · 2,599
Purpose-built flat22.4% · 993
Converted house1.4% · 61
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.3% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.