Electoral wardE05016606
Watling ward, City of Milton Keynes
Watling is one of 21 electoral wards of Milton Keynes Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 17,816 residents in 6,549 households — 1,914 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202117,816council ward average 13,669
Households6,5492.72 residents per household
Density1,914/ km²about 9.31 km² · City of Milton Keynes 930
Aged 65+10.0%City of Milton Keynes: 13.8% · under 16: 23.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.7% · 1,195
5–97.5% · 1,342
10–159.0% · 1,603
16–194.6% · 812
20–244.9% · 879
25–3415.1% · 2,682
35–4925.3% · 4,509
50–6416.9% · 3,007
65–745.7% · 1,019
75–843.0% · 541
85+1.3% · 229
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.3% · 872
1 car or van44.4% · 2,911
2 cars or vans32.4% · 2,125
3 or more9.8% · 644
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Milton Keynes overall: 54.8% owned, 18.1% social rented, 20.9% private rented.
Owned outright19.0% · 1,245
With mortgage37.5% · 2,456
Shared ownership11.8% · 776
Social rented13.1% · 860
Private rented18.5% · 1,211
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house38.3% · 2,506
Semi-detached house28.3% · 1,852
Terraced house13.7% · 895
Purpose-built flat18.8% · 1,233
Converted house0.5% · 33
Other conversion0.1% · 7
Above shop / office0.3% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016606- Council
- Milton Keynes Council
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Loughton & Great HolmShenley Church EndWhitehouse
Council offices in this ward
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 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.