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Swinley Forest ward, Bracknell Forest

Swinley Forest is one of 15 electoral wards of Bracknell Forest Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,084 residents in 2,239 households — 5,181 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bracknell and Maidenhead constituencies.

Residents, 20215,084council ward average 8,307
Households2,2392.27 residents per household
Density5,181/ km²about 0.98 km² · Bracknell Forest 1,140
Aged 65+10.9%Bracknell Forest: 15.1% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.7% · 342
5–95.1% · 258
10–155.1% · 257
16–192.7% · 135
20–244.8% · 245
25–3419.0% · 965
35–4923.5% · 1,193
50–6422.3% · 1,135
65–747.4% · 376
75–843.0% · 150
85+0.5% · 27

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van5.7% · 127
1 car or van40.5% · 907
2 cars or vans41.7% · 932
3 or more12.1% · 271
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright26.4% · 591
With mortgage43.3% · 970
Shared ownership1.4% · 31
Social rented4.5% · 101
Private rented24.2% · 542
Lives rent free0.2% · 4

Type of home

Detached house27.3% · 611
Semi-detached house18.8% · 420
Terraced house42.8% · 957
Purpose-built flat10.2% · 229
Converted house0.5% · 11
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 6
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.