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Publow & Whitchurch ward, Bath and North East Somerset

Publow & Whitchurch is one of 33 electoral wards of Bath and North East Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 3,193 residents in 1,260 households — 307 people per km², the 30th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.

Residents, 20213,193council ward average 5,861
Households1,2602.53 residents per household
Density307/ km²about 10.40 km² · Bath and North East Somerset 559
Aged 65+20.4%Bath and North East Somerset: 19.4% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 179
5–96.2% · 197
10–156.6% · 211
16–193.7% · 117
20–245.3% · 170
25–3413.5% · 431
35–4918.4% · 589
50–6420.3% · 648
65–7412.2% · 390
75–846.1% · 194
85+2.1% · 67

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.8% · 111
1 car or van36.8% · 463
2 cars or vans37.8% · 475
3 or more16.6% · 209
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Bath and North East Somerset overall: 65.3% owned, 14.3% social rented, 19.3% private rented.

Owned outright37.1% · 468
With mortgage37.4% · 471
Shared ownership2.1% · 27
Social rented11.8% · 149
Private rented11.4% · 144
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house43.1% · 543
Semi-detached house34.4% · 433
Terraced house14.9% · 188
Purpose-built flat3.6% · 45
Converted house1.3% · 16
Other conversion0.5% · 6
Above shop / office0.6% · 8
Caravan, mobile1.7% · 21
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.