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Electoral wardE05012664
Highcliffe & Walkford ward, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Highcliffe & Walkford is one of 33 electoral wards of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,007 residents in 4,864 households — 2,137 people per km², the 27th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Christchurch constituency.
Residents, 202110,007council ward average 12,127
Households4,8642.06 residents per household
Density2,137/ km²about 4.68 km² · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2,469
Aged 65+44.1%Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 21.6% · under 16: 11.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.5% · 250
5–93.5% · 352
10–155.0% · 501
16–193.1% · 308
20–243.4% · 339
25–346.0% · 605
35–4912.3% · 1,228
50–6420.1% · 2,007
65–7419.0% · 1,900
75–8416.5% · 1,649
85+8.7% · 867
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.6% · 711
1 car or van44.9% · 2,185
2 cars or vans30.0% · 1,457
3 or more10.5% · 509
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole overall: 62.8% owned, 11.0% social rented, 25.4% private rented.
Owned outright59.1% · 2,872
With mortgage23.2% · 1,127
Shared ownership0.5% · 23
Social rented6.0% · 292
Private rented11.2% · 546
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house52.4% · 2,549
Semi-detached house11.6% · 564
Terraced house9.9% · 482
Purpose-built flat23.4% · 1,140
Converted house1.0% · 51
Other conversion0.2% · 11
Above shop / office1.4% · 67
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012664- Constituency
- Christchurch
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 27 of 33
Parishes in the ward
Highcliffe and Walkford
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.