Electoral wardE05015491
Bargate ward, City of Southampton
Bargate is one of 17 electoral wards of Southampton City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,599 residents in 6,688 households — 6,264 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southampton Itchen constituency.
Residents, 202115,599council ward average 14,642
Households6,6882.33 residents per household
Density6,264/ km²about 2.49 km² · City of Southampton 4,989
Aged 65+6.3%City of Southampton: 13.8% · under 16: 12.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 776
5–94.2% · 658
10–153.7% · 578
16–198.2% · 1,284
20–2417.7% · 2,754
25–3426.7% · 4,165
35–4918.1% · 2,821
50–6410.1% · 1,568
65–744.0% · 629
75–841.7% · 268
85+0.6% · 87
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van44.6% · 2,984
1 car or van45.0% · 3,007
2 cars or vans9.2% · 613
3 or more1.3% · 85
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Southampton overall: 47.7% owned, 21.9% social rented, 29.2% private rented.
Owned outright8.2% · 547
With mortgage16.0% · 1,072
Shared ownership1.9% · 130
Social rented24.4% · 1,634
Private rented49.3% · 3,297
Lives rent free0.1% · 10
Type of home
Detached house1.0% · 64
Semi-detached house2.0% · 132
Terraced house7.2% · 480
Purpose-built flat81.1% · 5,419
Converted house1.7% · 116
Other conversion4.4% · 295
Above shop / office2.3% · 155
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 22
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015491- Council
- Southampton City Council
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 17
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBanister & Polygon7.6% aged 65+ · 29.0% owned16,829BBitterne Park16.6% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned15,337HHarefield19.1% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned13,218PPeartree15.6% aged 65+ · 62.1% owned14,306SSholing19.2% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned13,997TThornhill15.9% aged 65+ · 43.2% owned14,406WWoolston14.2% aged 65+ · 47.0% owned15,788
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.