Electoral wardE05015502
Shirley ward, City of Southampton
Shirley is one of 17 electoral wards of Southampton City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,088 residents in 6,104 households — 4,135 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southampton Test constituency.
Residents, 202115,088council ward average 14,642
Households6,1042.47 residents per household
Density4,135/ km²about 3.65 km² · City of Southampton 4,989
Aged 65+15.4%City of Southampton: 13.8% · under 16: 21.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 900
5–97.0% · 1,059
10–158.1% · 1,224
16–194.2% · 631
20–245.0% · 760
25–3414.6% · 2,199
35–4922.4% · 3,377
50–6417.3% · 2,607
65–748.3% · 1,253
75–844.9% · 737
85+2.2% · 336
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.4% · 1,551
1 car or van43.8% · 2,674
2 cars or vans23.6% · 1,444
3 or more7.2% · 437
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Southampton overall: 47.7% owned, 21.9% social rented, 29.2% private rented.
Owned outright27.5% · 1,682
With mortgage27.6% · 1,687
Shared ownership1.0% · 60
Social rented17.7% · 1,081
Private rented26.0% · 1,590
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house17.9% · 1,091
Semi-detached house34.5% · 2,104
Terraced house15.0% · 917
Purpose-built flat26.8% · 1,639
Converted house4.7% · 284
Other conversion0.2% · 15
Above shop / office0.9% · 57
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015502- Council
- Southampton City Council
- Constituency
- Southampton Test
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 17
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBanister & Polygon7.6% aged 65+ · 29.0% owned16,829BBassett17.3% aged 65+ · 61.2% owned14,563BBevois6.2% aged 65+ · 24.7% owned16,419CCoxford19.2% 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% owned14,575SSwaythling10.5% aged 65+ · 36.7% owned15,494
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.