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Electoral wardE05014763

Owlsmoor & College Town ward, Bracknell Forest

Owlsmoor & College Town is one of 15 electoral wards of Bracknell Forest Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,706 residents in 3,454 households — 1,246 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bracknell constituency.

Residents, 20219,706council ward average 8,307
Households3,4542.81 residents per household
Density1,246/ km²about 7.79 km² · Bracknell Forest 1,140
Aged 65+15.3%Bracknell Forest: 15.1% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 501
5–95.7% · 550
10–157.0% · 677
16–194.9% · 474
20–247.8% · 758
25–3414.2% · 1,377
35–4919.5% · 1,898
50–6420.5% · 1,987
65–749.6% · 936
75–844.5% · 440
85+1.2% · 112

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.2% · 214
1 car or van35.3% · 1,221
2 cars or vans41.8% · 1,444
3 or more16.7% · 576
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Bracknell Forest overall: 66.8% owned, 15.7% social rented, 15.7% private rented.

Owned outright35.7% · 1,232
With mortgage41.6% · 1,436
Shared ownership0.4% · 15
Social rented8.4% · 290
Private rented13.8% · 478
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house40.3% · 1,391
Semi-detached house25.9% · 894
Terraced house26.2% · 903
Purpose-built flat6.3% · 217
Converted house0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.6% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 19
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.