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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

Local authority area: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is an unitary authority, in the South West England region of England. It covers 161.3 km² and had 401,898 residents in 2022 — about 2,492 people per km². The authority dates from 2019.

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Town hall in the administrative centrePoole Civic Centre
Poole Civic Centre
Photo: Mike Faherty · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People

Population

Estimates recorded for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 2015–2022.

Residents, 2022401,898+1.6% since 2015
Land area161.3km²62.3 sq mi
Density2,492/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#40of 382 UK councils · #38 in England
Population estimates4 data points
395.7K395.8K400.2K401.9K
2015201820212022
History

How the council came to be

  1. 2019
    Created

    Formed from Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, Dorset.

Same region, same type

Other unitary authorities in South West

All councils in South West
Somerset576,852Cornwall575,413Wiltshire515,885City of Bristol479,024Dorset383,274South Gloucestershire294,765City of Plymouth266,862Swindon235,657North Somerset219,145Bath and North East Somerset195,618Torbay139,479Isles of Scilly2,281
Elections

33 electoral wards

Census 2021: 400,198 residents in 173,839 households across the wards; 21.6% aged 65+, 62.8% of homes owned, 19.4% of households without a car.

1Kinson7,437 households · 20.1% aged 65+17,7952Newtown & Heatherlands7,540 households · 17.0% aged 65+17,7333East Cliff & Springbourne7,675 households · 14.2% aged 65+17,2074Muscliff & Strouden Park6,989 households · 18.8% aged 65+16,8735Alderney & Bourne Valley6,677 households · 18.7% aged 65+16,6826Bournemouth Central6,288 households · 10.9% aged 65+16,219

All wards of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CBCP Council - Customer Service CentreCouncil office · Bournemouth BH2 6EB · hours listedTBCP Council - Civic CentreTown hall · Bournemouth BH2 6DY · hours listed
Westminster

Constituencies

Bournemouth East · 9 wardsBournemouth West · 8 wardsPoole · 8 wardsChristchurch · 5 wardsMid Dorset and North Poole · 3 wards
Source: Wikidata Q54366459 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.