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Electoral wardE05012653
Bournemouth Central ward, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Bournemouth Central is one of 33 electoral wards of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 16,219 residents in 6,288 households — 6,961 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bournemouth West constituency.
Residents, 202116,219council ward average 12,127
Households6,2882.58 residents per household
Density6,961/ km²about 2.33 km² · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2,469
Aged 65+10.9%Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 21.6% · under 16: 6.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.9% · 463
5–92.1% · 339
10–151.8% · 286
16–1918.4% · 2,978
20–2417.4% · 2,822
25–3420.9% · 3,391
35–4915.9% · 2,578
50–649.8% · 1,594
65–745.5% · 896
75–843.5% · 573
85+1.8% · 299
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van43.5% · 2,738
1 car or van43.7% · 2,750
2 cars or vans10.6% · 668
3 or more2.1% · 132
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole overall: 62.8% owned, 11.0% social rented, 25.4% private rented.
Owned outright17.4% · 1,097
With mortgage14.9% · 935
Shared ownership0.5% · 30
Social rented8.8% · 554
Private rented58.3% · 3,667
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house2.9% · 184
Semi-detached house1.4% · 88
Terraced house1.8% · 115
Purpose-built flat75.4% · 4,742
Converted house10.4% · 655
Other conversion4.1% · 260
Above shop / office3.8% · 241
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012653- Constituency
- Bournemouth West
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 33
Parishes in the ward
Bournemouth
Council offices in this ward
TBCP Council - Civic CentreTown hall · BH2 6DYCBCP Council - Customer Service CentreCouncil office · BH2 6EB
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlderney & Bourne Valley18.7% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned16,682KKinson20.1% aged 65+ · 56.8% owned17,795RRedhill & Northbourne22.2% aged 65+ · 77.6% owned9,872TTalbot & Branksome Woods21.3% aged 65+ · 57.0% owned13,678WWallisdown & Winton West17.3% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned10,828WWestbourne & West Cliff25.9% aged 65+ · 46.1% owned10,318WWinton East8.4% aged 65+ · 46.8% owned11,829
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.