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Electoral wardE05016607

Wolverton ward, City of Milton Keynes

Wolverton is one of 21 electoral wards of Milton Keynes Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 13,686 residents in 5,244 households — 2,185 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202113,686council ward average 13,669
Households5,2442.61 residents per household
Density2,185/ km²about 6.26 km² · City of Milton Keynes 930
Aged 65+11.9%City of Milton Keynes: 13.8% · under 16: 23.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.9% · 946
5–97.7% · 1,056
10–158.8% · 1,199
16–195.0% · 683
20–245.5% · 752
25–3415.1% · 2,060
35–4923.0% · 3,142
50–6416.2% · 2,213
65–747.4% · 1,011
75–843.4% · 470
85+1.1% · 153

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.2% · 1,004
1 car or van46.0% · 2,408
2 cars or vans27.1% · 1,422
3 or more7.7% · 404
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright22.3% · 1,168
With mortgage31.4% · 1,643
Shared ownership4.4% · 232
Social rented21.9% · 1,147
Private rented19.8% · 1,037
Lives rent free0.2% · 10

Type of home

Detached house8.5% · 445
Semi-detached house30.4% · 1,595
Terraced house45.1% · 2,367
Purpose-built flat13.0% · 683
Converted house1.6% · 85
Other conversion0.5% · 27
Above shop / office0.8% · 41
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016607
Region
South East
Density rank in council
11 of 21

Parishes in the ward

Wolverton and Greenleys

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.