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Electoral wardE05016601

Olney & Rural ward, City of Milton Keynes

Olney & Rural is one of 21 electoral wards of Milton Keynes Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 13,129 residents in 5,629 households — 94 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202113,129council ward average 13,669
Households5,6292.33 residents per household
Density94/ km²about 139.97 km² · City of Milton Keynes 930
Aged 65+25.3%City of Milton Keynes: 13.8% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 543
5–95.4% · 703
10–157.5% · 980
16–193.9% · 517
20–243.8% · 493
25–348.5% · 1,110
35–4917.9% · 2,352
50–6423.7% · 3,113
65–7413.4% · 1,759
75–848.5% · 1,113
85+3.4% · 446

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.8% · 554
1 car or van36.6% · 2,058
2 cars or vans37.4% · 2,104
3 or more16.2% · 911
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; City of Milton Keynes overall: 54.8% owned, 18.1% social rented, 20.9% private rented.

Owned outright42.4% · 2,386
With mortgage30.9% · 1,738
Shared ownership0.9% · 48
Social rented8.1% · 455
Private rented17.7% · 999
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house46.4% · 2,614
Semi-detached house26.0% · 1,462
Terraced house22.4% · 1,260
Purpose-built flat3.2% · 178
Converted house0.6% · 35
Other conversion0.9% · 49
Above shop / office0.5% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016601
Region
South East
Density rank in council
21 of 21

Parishes in the ward

AstwoodChicheleyClifton ReynesCold BrayfieldEmbertonGayhurstHardmeadLathburyLavendonNewton BlossomvilleNorth CrawleyOlneyRavenstoneSheringtonStoke GoldingtonTyringham and FilgraveWarringtonWeston Underwood

All 21 wards of City of Milton Keynes

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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.