Electoral wardE05015503
Sholing ward, City of Southampton
Sholing is one of 17 electoral wards of Southampton City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 13,997 residents in 6,173 households — 4,740 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southampton Itchen constituency.
Residents, 202113,997council ward average 14,642
Households6,1732.27 residents per household
Density4,740/ km²about 2.95 km² · City of Southampton 4,989
Aged 65+19.2%City of Southampton: 13.8% · under 16: 17.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 736
5–95.5% · 774
10–156.3% · 886
16–193.7% · 522
20–245.2% · 722
25–3414.6% · 2,043
35–4919.5% · 2,733
50–6420.7% · 2,893
65–7410.3% · 1,439
75–846.7% · 938
85+2.2% · 313
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.0% · 1,050
1 car or van43.7% · 2,700
2 cars or vans30.4% · 1,874
3 or more8.9% · 548
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Southampton overall: 47.7% owned, 21.9% social rented, 29.2% private rented.
Owned outright34.0% · 2,100
With mortgage35.8% · 2,211
Shared ownership0.7% · 45
Social rented11.6% · 716
Private rented17.8% · 1,095
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house20.2% · 1,250
Semi-detached house42.4% · 2,616
Terraced house18.1% · 1,118
Purpose-built flat16.5% · 1,018
Converted house2.1% · 129
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.4% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 17
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015503- Council
- Southampton City Council
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 17
Other wards in the same constituency
BBanister & Polygon7.6% aged 65+ · 29.0% owned16,829BBargate6.3% aged 65+ · 24.2% owned15,599BBitterne Park16.6% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned15,337HHarefield19.1% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned13,218PPeartree15.6% aged 65+ · 62.1% owned14,306TThornhill15.9% 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.