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Electoral wardE05015494

Bitterne Park ward, City of Southampton

Bitterne Park is one of 17 electoral wards of Southampton City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,337 residents in 6,645 households — 4,820 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Romsey and Southampton North and Southampton Itchen constituencies.

Residents, 202115,337council ward average 14,642
Households6,6452.31 residents per household
Density4,820/ km²about 3.18 km² · City of Southampton 4,989
Aged 65+16.6%City of Southampton: 13.8% · under 16: 19.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.8% · 888
5–96.6% · 1,009
10–157.3% · 1,117
16–193.8% · 588
20–244.9% · 749
25–3414.1% · 2,169
35–4921.9% · 3,367
50–6419.0% · 2,908
65–748.5% · 1,302
75–846.0% · 917
85+2.1% · 326

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.4% · 1,225
1 car or van46.8% · 3,109
2 cars or vans27.1% · 1,802
3 or more7.7% · 511
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright29.8% · 1,983
With mortgage32.0% · 2,126
Shared ownership0.9% · 58
Social rented11.1% · 738
Private rented26.2% · 1,741
Lives rent free0.0% · 3

Type of home

Detached house27.7% · 1,841
Semi-detached house29.4% · 1,959
Terraced house6.6% · 441
Purpose-built flat29.6% · 1,968
Converted house5.5% · 366
Other conversion0.5% · 34
Above shop / office0.6% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015494
Region
South East
Density rank in council
11 of 17

Other wards in the same constituency

BBanister & Polygon7.6% aged 65+ · 29.0% owned16,829BBargate6.3% aged 65+ · 24.2% owned15,599BBassett17.3% aged 65+ · 61.2% owned14,563HHarefield19.1% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned13,218PPeartree15.6% aged 65+ · 62.1% owned14,306PPortswood14.3% aged 65+ · 41.7% owned12,992SSholing19.2% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned13,997SSwaythling10.5% aged 65+ · 36.7% owned15,494TThornhill15.9% aged 65+ · 43.2% owned14,406WWoolston14.2% aged 65+ · 47.0% owned15,788

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