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Electoral wardE05012673

Penn Hill ward, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Penn Hill is one of 33 electoral wards of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,544 residents in 5,028 households — 4,551 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Poole constituency.

Residents, 202111,544council ward average 12,127
Households5,0282.3 residents per household
Density4,551/ km²about 2.54 km² · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2,469
Aged 65+20.1%Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 21.6% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 533
5–95.9% · 677
10–157.6% · 875
16–194.0% · 465
20–244.1% · 469
25–3410.7% · 1,239
35–4921.7% · 2,503
50–6421.3% · 2,463
65–7410.4% · 1,206
75–846.5% · 756
85+3.1% · 360

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.3% · 721
1 car or van39.2% · 1,971
2 cars or vans34.8% · 1,751
3 or more11.6% · 585
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright37.3% · 1,876
With mortgage34.5% · 1,734
Shared ownership0.2% · 8
Social rented4.3% · 218
Private rented23.7% · 1,191
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house47.8% · 2,406
Semi-detached house12.8% · 646
Terraced house6.3% · 316
Purpose-built flat22.2% · 1,115
Converted house8.2% · 413
Other conversion0.5% · 26
Above shop / office2.1% · 105
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.