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Electoral wardE05012665

Kinson ward, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Kinson is one of 33 electoral wards of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 17,795 residents in 7,437 households — 2,918 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bournemouth West constituency.

Residents, 202117,795council ward average 12,127
Households7,4372.39 residents per household
Density2,918/ km²about 6.10 km² · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2,469
Aged 65+20.1%Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 21.6% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 963
5–96.3% · 1,127
10–157.7% · 1,377
16–194.4% · 783
20–245.3% · 940
25–3412.0% · 2,133
35–4918.4% · 3,283
50–6420.3% · 3,619
65–7410.3% · 1,840
75–846.6% · 1,171
85+3.1% · 559

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.4% · 1,516
1 car or van41.7% · 3,103
2 cars or vans27.0% · 2,011
3 or more10.9% · 807
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright31.0% · 2,306
With mortgage25.7% · 1,915
Shared ownership0.6% · 43
Social rented30.3% · 2,250
Private rented12.1% · 903
Lives rent free0.3% · 20

Type of home

Detached house27.8% · 2,064
Semi-detached house39.6% · 2,942
Terraced house10.2% · 757
Purpose-built flat17.5% · 1,305
Converted house1.2% · 89
Other conversion0.2% · 12
Above shop / office1.0% · 72
Caravan, mobile2.6% · 196
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.