Electoral wardE05015506
Woolston ward, City of Southampton
Woolston is one of 17 electoral wards of Southampton City Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,788 residents in 6,894 households — 5,443 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southampton Itchen constituency.
Residents, 202115,788council ward average 14,642
Households6,8942.29 residents per household
Density5,443/ km²about 2.90 km² · City of Southampton 4,989
Aged 65+14.2%City of Southampton: 13.8% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 1,097
5–96.4% · 1,004
10–157.1% · 1,121
16–193.7% · 579
20–245.8% · 922
25–3418.5% · 2,915
35–4920.2% · 3,189
50–6417.3% · 2,729
65–747.7% · 1,220
75–844.5% · 716
85+1.9% · 301
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.9% · 1,645
1 car or van47.3% · 3,259
2 cars or vans23.3% · 1,607
3 or more5.6% · 383
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Southampton overall: 47.7% owned, 21.9% social rented, 29.2% private rented.
Owned outright20.6% · 1,421
With mortgage26.4% · 1,817
Shared ownership2.8% · 192
Social rented27.8% · 1,914
Private rented22.3% · 1,538
Lives rent free0.2% · 12
Type of home
Detached house9.8% · 676
Semi-detached house25.2% · 1,737
Terraced house21.5% · 1,481
Purpose-built flat38.7% · 2,664
Converted house3.6% · 251
Other conversion0.5% · 35
Above shop / office0.7% · 45
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015506- Council
- Southampton City Council
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 5 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% owned14,306SSholing19.2% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned13,997TThornhill15.9% aged 65+ · 43.2% owned14,406
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.