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Electoral wardE05015490

Banister & Polygon ward, City of Southampton

Banister & Polygon is one of 17 electoral wards of Southampton City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 16,829 residents in 6,981 households — 5,036 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southampton Itchen and Southampton Test constituencies.

Residents, 202116,829council ward average 14,642
Households6,9812.41 residents per household
Density5,036/ km²about 3.34 km² · City of Southampton 4,989
Aged 65+7.6%City of Southampton: 13.8% · under 16: 10.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 693
5–93.5% · 589
10–153.2% · 542
16–197.9% · 1,331
20–2422.9% · 3,845
25–3423.1% · 3,882
35–4918.4% · 3,100
50–649.4% · 1,574
65–743.7% · 615
75–842.4% · 411
85+1.5% · 245

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van39.3% · 2,747
1 car or van44.8% · 3,130
2 cars or vans12.4% · 870
3 or more3.5% · 242
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; City of Southampton overall: 47.7% owned, 21.9% social rented, 29.2% private rented.

Owned outright13.0% · 909
With mortgage16.0% · 1,120
Shared ownership1.0% · 67
Social rented11.9% · 834
Private rented58.0% · 4,051
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house4.0% · 276
Semi-detached house14.7% · 1,022
Terraced house12.3% · 858
Purpose-built flat54.1% · 3,773
Converted house11.0% · 768
Other conversion2.4% · 167
Above shop / office1.5% · 107
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015490
Region
South East
Density rank in council
9 of 17

Other wards in the same constituency

BBargate6.3% aged 65+ · 24.2% owned15,599BBassett17.3% aged 65+ · 61.2% owned14,563BBevois6.2% aged 65+ · 24.7% owned16,419BBitterne Park16.6% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned15,337CCoxford19.2% aged 65+ · 53.8% owned14,024FFreemantle11.3% aged 65+ · 45.6% owned11,817HHarefield19.1% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned13,218MMillbrook14.2% aged 65+ · 50.3% owned14,469PPeartree15.6% aged 65+ · 62.1% owned14,306PPortswood14.3% aged 65+ · 41.7% owned12,992RRedbridge14.1% aged 65+ · 47.1% owned14,575SShirley15.4% aged 65+ · 55.2% owned15,088SSholing19.2% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned13,997SSwaythling10.5% aged 65+ · 36.7% owned15,494

All 17 wards of City of Southampton

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