Electoral wardE05012659
Commons ward, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Commons is one of 33 electoral wards of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,334 residents in 4,318 households — 370 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Christchurch constituency.
Residents, 202110,334council ward average 12,127
Households4,3182.39 residents per household
Density370/ km²about 27.89 km² · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2,469
Aged 65+27.6%Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 21.6% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 411
5–95.6% · 575
10–157.7% · 794
16–194.7% · 490
20–244.3% · 443
25–347.2% · 740
35–4918.0% · 1,862
50–6421.0% · 2,167
65–7413.6% · 1,402
75–849.7% · 1,003
85+4.4% · 450
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.1% · 564
1 car or van39.3% · 1,696
2 cars or vans33.0% · 1,426
3 or more14.7% · 633
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole overall: 62.8% owned, 11.0% social rented, 25.4% private rented.
Owned outright47.0% · 2,033
With mortgage30.2% · 1,303
Shared ownership0.8% · 33
Social rented8.8% · 381
Private rented13.2% · 571
Type of home
Detached house55.5% · 2,396
Semi-detached house17.6% · 758
Terraced house10.0% · 434
Purpose-built flat10.9% · 472
Converted house2.0% · 85
Other conversion0.3% · 14
Above shop / office0.7% · 31
Caravan, mobile3.0% · 129
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012659- Constituency
- Christchurch
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 33 of 33
Parishes in the ward
ChristchurchHurnThroop and Holdenhurst
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.