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Electoral wardE05012680
Westbourne & West Cliff ward, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Westbourne & West Cliff is one of 33 electoral wards of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,318 residents in 5,726 households — 5,204 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bournemouth West constituency.
Residents, 202110,318council ward average 12,127
Households5,7261.8 residents per household
Density5,204/ km²about 1.98 km² · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2,469
Aged 65+25.9%Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 21.6% · under 16: 9.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.6% · 371
5–92.7% · 282
10–152.7% · 281
16–191.6% · 163
20–245.9% · 608
25–3419.5% · 2,013
35–4920.8% · 2,145
50–6417.3% · 1,784
65–7411.3% · 1,162
75–848.9% · 923
85+5.7% · 584
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van32.1% · 1,840
1 car or van49.9% · 2,859
2 cars or vans15.0% · 860
3 or more2.9% · 167
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole overall: 62.8% owned, 11.0% social rented, 25.4% private rented.
Owned outright29.5% · 1,690
With mortgage16.6% · 951
Shared ownership1.2% · 70
Social rented5.6% · 321
Private rented47.0% · 2,689
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house4.5% · 256
Semi-detached house2.3% · 130
Terraced house3.1% · 178
Purpose-built flat64.5% · 3,692
Converted house18.1% · 1,038
Other conversion4.1% · 234
Above shop / office3.3% · 190
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012680- Constituency
- Bournemouth West
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 33
Parishes in the ward
Bournemouth
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlderney & Bourne Valley18.7% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned16,682BBournemouth Central10.9% aged 65+ · 32.3% owned16,219KKinson20.1% aged 65+ · 56.8% owned17,795RRedhill & Northbourne22.2% aged 65+ · 77.6% owned9,872TTalbot & Branksome Woods21.3% aged 65+ · 57.0% owned13,678WWallisdown & Winton West17.3% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned10,828WWinton East8.4% aged 65+ · 46.8% owned11,829
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.