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Electoral wardE05015493

Bevois ward, City of Southampton

Bevois is one of 17 electoral wards of Southampton City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 16,419 residents in 5,897 households — 8,390 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southampton Test constituency.

Residents, 202116,419council ward average 14,642
Households5,8972.78 residents per household
Density8,390/ km²about 1.96 km² · City of Southampton 4,989
Aged 65+6.2%City of Southampton: 13.8% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 968
5–95.6% · 927
10–156.3% · 1,039
16–196.2% · 1,018
20–2420.4% · 3,345
25–3418.3% · 3,008
35–4920.0% · 3,278
50–6411.2% · 1,835
65–743.5% · 568
75–841.8% · 290
85+0.9% · 154

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van41.8% · 2,467
1 car or van39.9% · 2,354
2 cars or vans14.3% · 843
3 or more4.0% · 236
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright10.5% · 617
With mortgage14.2% · 840
Shared ownership0.9% · 51
Social rented21.7% · 1,283
Private rented52.6% · 3,107
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house6.4% · 377
Semi-detached house12.7% · 751
Terraced house27.7% · 1,635
Purpose-built flat36.6% · 2,160
Converted house13.5% · 796
Other conversion1.2% · 72
Above shop / office1.5% · 91
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 12
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015493
Constituency
Southampton Test
Region
South East
Density rank in council
1 of 17

Other wards in the same constituency

BBanister & Polygon7.6% aged 65+ · 29.0% owned16,829BBassett17.3% aged 65+ · 61.2% owned14,563CCoxford19.2% 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.