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Electoral wardE05015492

Bassett ward, City of Southampton

Bassett is one of 17 electoral wards of Southampton City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 14,563 residents in 5,296 households — 3,215 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Romsey and Southampton North and Southampton Test constituencies.

Residents, 202114,563council ward average 14,642
Households5,2962.75 residents per household
Density3,215/ km²about 4.53 km² · City of Southampton 4,989
Aged 65+17.3%City of Southampton: 13.8% · under 16: 13.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 611
5–94.4% · 640
10–155.3% · 773
16–1912.5% · 1,826
20–2410.1% · 1,475
25–3413.4% · 1,947
35–4917.1% · 2,497
50–6415.7% · 2,284
65–749.0% · 1,308
75–845.5% · 806
85+2.8% · 404

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.5% · 925
1 car or van45.2% · 2,394
2 cars or vans28.1% · 1,487
3 or more9.2% · 488
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.8% · 1,736
With mortgage28.4% · 1,506
Shared ownership0.4% · 22
Social rented11.9% · 628
Private rented26.4% · 1,398
Lives rent free0.2% · 8

Type of home

Detached house33.9% · 1,795
Semi-detached house23.7% · 1,256
Terraced house10.5% · 556
Purpose-built flat27.5% · 1,455
Converted house3.4% · 182
Other conversion0.5% · 26
Above shop / office0.4% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015492
Region
South East
Density rank in council
17 of 17

Other wards in the same constituency

BBanister & Polygon7.6% aged 65+ · 29.0% owned16,829BBevois6.2% 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% owned11,817MMillbrook14.2% aged 65+ · 50.3% owned14,469PPortswood14.3% aged 65+ · 41.7% owned12,992RRedbridge14.1% aged 65+ · 47.1% owned14,575SShirley15.4% aged 65+ · 55.2% owned15,088SSwaythling10.5% 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.