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Electoral wardE05015504

Swaythling ward, City of Southampton

Swaythling is one of 17 electoral wards of Southampton City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,494 residents in 5,325 households — 4,819 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Romsey and Southampton North and Southampton Test constituencies.

Residents, 202115,494council ward average 14,642
Households5,3252.91 residents per household
Density4,819/ km²about 3.22 km² · City of Southampton 4,989
Aged 65+10.5%City of Southampton: 13.8% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 659
5–94.9% · 757
10–155.8% · 899
16–1910.8% · 1,666
20–2421.3% · 3,295
25–3414.0% · 2,161
35–4916.0% · 2,478
50–6412.6% · 1,950
65–745.9% · 916
75–843.3% · 518
85+1.2% · 187

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van29.1% · 1,545
1 car or van41.9% · 2,226
2 cars or vans21.1% · 1,120
3 or more8.0% · 427
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright18.4% · 979
With mortgage18.4% · 980
Shared ownership0.9% · 46
Social rented27.7% · 1,477
Private rented34.6% · 1,847
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house8.1% · 430
Semi-detached house38.9% · 2,071
Terraced house23.2% · 1,233
Purpose-built flat22.9% · 1,217
Converted house5.7% · 305
Other conversion0.5% · 24
Above shop / office0.8% · 40
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015504
Region
South East
Density rank in council
12 of 17

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% owned16,419BBitterne 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% owned15,088

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.