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Electoral wardE05012667

Moordown ward, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Moordown is one of 33 electoral wards of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,526 residents in 4,076 households — 6,521 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bournemouth East constituency.

Residents, 202110,526council ward average 12,127
Households4,0762.58 residents per household
Density6,521/ km²about 1.61 km² · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2,469
Aged 65+15.0%Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 21.6% · under 16: 21.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 591
5–97.1% · 748
10–158.5% · 892
16–194.5% · 473
20–246.8% · 712
25–3410.4% · 1,098
35–4922.7% · 2,387
50–6419.4% · 2,045
65–748.4% · 879
75–844.6% · 488
85+2.0% · 213

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.0% · 529
1 car or van40.2% · 1,639
2 cars or vans34.2% · 1,396
3 or more12.6% · 512
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright30.9% · 1,259
With mortgage42.1% · 1,715
Shared ownership0.3% · 13
Social rented5.0% · 204
Private rented21.7% · 884
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house61.1% · 2,492
Semi-detached house13.3% · 543
Terraced house2.3% · 93
Purpose-built flat11.5% · 469
Converted house8.6% · 350
Other conversion0.6% · 25
Above shop / office2.5% · 102
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.