Electoral wardE05012486
Southdown ward, Bath and North East Somerset
Southdown is one of 33 electoral wards of Bath and North East Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,081 residents in 2,876 households — 5,334 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bath constituency.
Residents, 20217,081council ward average 5,861
Households2,8762.46 residents per household
Density5,334/ km²about 1.33 km² · Bath and North East Somerset 559
Aged 65+18.2%Bath and North East Somerset: 19.4% · under 16: 13.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 310
5–94.2% · 297
10–155.0% · 351
16–195.5% · 390
20–2417.7% · 1,251
25–3412.2% · 862
35–4917.0% · 1,200
50–6416.0% · 1,133
65–749.7% · 685
75–845.9% · 417
85+2.6% · 183
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.4% · 672
1 car or van45.8% · 1,318
2 cars or vans24.0% · 689
3 or more6.8% · 197
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 outright35.4% · 1,017
With mortgage28.3% · 813
Shared ownership0.6% · 17
Social rented12.8% · 368
Private rented22.8% · 657
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house10.8% · 311
Semi-detached house37.5% · 1,077
Terraced house43.0% · 1,237
Purpose-built flat5.8% · 167
Converted house1.6% · 45
Other conversion0.9% · 26
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012486- Constituency
- Bath
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 33
Other wards in the same constituency
BBathavon North25.2% aged 65+ · 78.9% owned6,999BBathwick17.2% aged 65+ · 57.2% owned8,069CCombe Down19.0% aged 65+ · 61.4% owned6,612KKingsmead12.1% aged 65+ · 32.6% owned6,553LLambridge22.3% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned5,929LLansdown18.1% aged 65+ · 52.1% owned6,596MMoorlands18.0% aged 65+ · 61.1% owned3,325NNewbridge19.8% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned6,641OOdd Down17.1% aged 65+ · 61.2% owned7,307OOldfield Park13.0% aged 65+ · 49.5% owned3,869TTwerton & Whiteway12.1% aged 65+ · 33.9% owned6,891WWalcot13.3% aged 65+ · 47.8% owned5,507WWestmoreland8.5% aged 65+ · 38.4% owned7,524WWeston21.5% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned5,801
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.