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Electoral wardE05012663

Hamworthy ward, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Hamworthy is one of 33 electoral wards of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,213 residents in 5,972 households — 2,638 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Poole constituency.

Residents, 202114,213council ward average 12,127
Households5,9722.38 residents per household
Density2,638/ km²about 5.39 km² · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2,469
Aged 65+19.6%Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 21.6% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 833
5–95.9% · 841
10–157.4% · 1,045
16–193.8% · 543
20–245.3% · 760
25–3413.0% · 1,853
35–4918.5% · 2,627
50–6420.6% · 2,925
65–7410.6% · 1,512
75–846.6% · 938
85+2.4% · 337

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.9% · 1,011
1 car or van44.6% · 2,666
2 cars or vans28.2% · 1,682
3 or more10.3% · 613
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole overall: 62.8% owned, 11.0% social rented, 25.4% private rented.

Owned outright31.2% · 1,866
With mortgage28.8% · 1,721
Shared ownership0.9% · 54
Social rented18.2% · 1,088
Private rented20.7% · 1,238
Lives rent free0.1% · 8

Type of home

Detached house24.3% · 1,449
Semi-detached house29.2% · 1,742
Terraced house21.6% · 1,288
Purpose-built flat22.6% · 1,350
Converted house1.7% · 101
Other conversion0.2% · 13
Above shop / office0.5% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
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.