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Hengrove and Whitchurch Park ward, City of Bristol

Hengrove and Whitchurch Park is one of 34 electoral wards of Bristol City Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 18,711 residents in 7,739 households — 3,404 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bristol South constituency.

Residents, 202118,711council ward average 13,896
Households7,7392.42 residents per household
Density3,404/ km²about 5.50 km² · City of Bristol 4,308
Aged 65+20.3%City of Bristol: 12.9% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.2% · 1,160
5–96.3% · 1,187
10–157.0% · 1,302
16–193.7% · 699
20–245.5% · 1,032
25–3414.8% · 2,763
35–4918.1% · 3,395
50–6418.1% · 3,382
65–7410.6% · 1,980
75–847.0% · 1,313
85+2.7% · 496

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.0% · 1,393
1 car or van43.0% · 3,330
2 cars or vans29.3% · 2,268
3 or more9.7% · 748
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; City of Bristol overall: 54.0% owned, 18.7% social rented, 26.2% private rented.

Owned outright37.7% · 2,919
With mortgage32.5% · 2,513
Shared ownership1.1% · 85
Social rented15.0% · 1,163
Private rented13.3% · 1,032
Lives rent free0.4% · 28

Type of home

Detached house8.6% · 666
Semi-detached house44.4% · 3,439
Terraced house33.1% · 2,562
Purpose-built flat11.0% · 855
Converted house1.3% · 99
Other conversion0.8% · 62
Above shop / office0.7% · 53
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
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.