Electoral wardE05012674
Poole Town ward, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Poole Town is one of 33 electoral wards of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,672 residents in 6,093 households — 3,946 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Poole constituency.
Residents, 202112,672council ward average 12,127
Households6,0932.08 residents per household
Density3,946/ km²about 3.21 km² · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2,469
Aged 65+22.4%Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 21.6% · under 16: 15.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 717
5–95.0% · 628
10–155.2% · 656
16–193.7% · 470
20–246.0% · 766
25–3415.2% · 1,922
35–4918.6% · 2,363
50–6418.2% · 2,305
65–7410.6% · 1,348
75–847.6% · 968
85+4.2% · 528
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van32.1% · 1,953
1 car or van47.5% · 2,893
2 cars or vans15.9% · 967
3 or more4.6% · 280
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole overall: 62.8% owned, 11.0% social rented, 25.4% private rented.
Owned outright29.6% · 1,801
With mortgage17.5% · 1,068
Shared ownership2.6% · 160
Social rented19.3% · 1,175
Private rented30.9% · 1,880
Lives rent free0.1% · 9
Type of home
Detached house10.6% · 643
Semi-detached house10.6% · 648
Terraced house19.6% · 1,195
Purpose-built flat51.4% · 3,131
Converted house4.1% · 252
Other conversion1.7% · 103
Above shop / office1.9% · 114
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012674- Constituency
- Poole
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 33
Parishes in the ward
Poole
Other wards in the same constituency
CCanford Cliffs44.0% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned9,369CCreekmoor23.1% aged 65+ · 72.9% owned9,471HHamworthy19.6% aged 65+ · 60.0% owned14,213NNewtown & Heatherlands17.0% aged 65+ · 64.3% owned17,733OOakdale22.6% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned11,192PParkstone24.1% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned11,006PPenn Hill20.1% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned11,544
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.