Electoral wardE05010719
Stow ward, Cotswold
Stow is one of 32 electoral wards of Cotswold District Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 2,480 residents in 1,218 households — 108 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Cotswolds constituency; for county elections it is in the Moreton, Stow & the Rissingtons division.
Residents, 20212,480council ward average 2,803
Households1,2182.04 residents per household
Density108/ km²about 23.07 km² · Cotswold 78
Aged 65+36.5%Cotswold: 26.0% · under 16: 10.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.9% · 71
5–92.8% · 69
10–154.6% · 115
16–193.2% · 79
20–243.5% · 88
25–347.9% · 197
35–4914.6% · 362
50–6424.0% · 595
65–7417.2% · 426
75–8412.8% · 318
85+6.5% · 160
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.2% · 197
1 car or van40.0% · 488
2 cars or vans29.8% · 363
3 or more14.0% · 171
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cotswold overall: 65.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright46.6% · 568
With mortgage19.9% · 243
Shared ownership0.7% · 9
Social rented16.2% · 197
Private rented16.5% · 201
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house29.4% · 359
Semi-detached house35.3% · 431
Terraced house22.0% · 269
Purpose-built flat8.3% · 101
Converted house2.0% · 24
Other conversion1.7% · 21
Above shop / office1.4% · 17
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010719- Council
- Cotswold District Council
- County council
- Gloucestershire County Council
- County division
- Moreton, Stow & the Rissingtons
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 19 of 32
Parishes in the ward
MaugersburyStow-on-the-WoldSwell
Other wards in the same constituency
BBlockley28.9% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned2,571BBourton Vale31.1% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned2,767BBourton Village26.0% aged 65+ · 59.0% owned3,289CCampden & Vale33.1% aged 65+ · 68.6% owned6,127CChedworth & Churn Valley24.9% aged 65+ · 67.9% owned3,550CColn Valley27.4% aged 65+ · 65.7% owned2,277EErmin24.5% aged 65+ · 72.6% owned1,812FFosseridge30.3% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned2,632MMoreton East18.6% aged 65+ · 60.1% owned3,427MMoreton West35.7% aged 65+ · 60.9% owned2,325NNorthleach26.5% aged 65+ · 60.0% owned2,915SSandywell25.5% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned1,905SStratton25.6% aged 65+ · 86.7% owned1,845TThe Rissingtons13.3% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned2,598
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.