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Wards of Dorset Council
Dorset Council is divided into 52 electoral wards, spread over 5 Westminster constituencies. At the 2021 Census they had 378,520 residents in 168,810 households, 154 people per km². 29.6% were aged 65 or over and 70.4% of households owned their home.
Wards52
Average ward7,279residents
Under 1615.2%
No car or van13.7%
| Ward | Residents | Households | People / km² | Aged 65+ | Owned | No car | Constituency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon | 5,168 | 1,990 | 48 | 29.9% | 79.2% | 5.3% | North Dorset |
| Beaminster | 4,258 | 2,042 | 113 | 35.1% | 67.3% | 11.2% | West Dorset |
| Blackmore Vale | 4,502 | 1,974 | 53 | 30.1% | 73.8% | 5.8% | North Dorset |
| Blandford | 10,359 | 4,767 | 2,531 | 24.8% | 63.2% | 17.8% | North Dorset |
| Bridport | 13,751 | 6,819 | 385 | 35.5% | 66.9% | 18.6% | West Dorset |
| Chalk Valleys | 4,788 | 2,112 | 30 | 31.3% | 71.5% | 6.5% | West Dorset |
| Charminster St Mary's | 5,165 | 2,243 | 83 | 26.6% | 71.3% | 8.6% | West Dorset |
| Chesil Bank | 3,932 | 1,847 | 36 | 38.3% | 72.0% | 8.3% | West Dorset |
| Chickerell | 7,817 | 3,444 | 498 | 26.0% | 72.1% | 13.5% | South Dorset |
| Colehill & Wimborne Minster East | 8,676 | 3,656 | 831 | 28.4% | 84.4% | 6.9% | Mid Dorset and North Poole |
| Corfe Mullen | 10,374 | 4,296 | 846 | 24.3% | 82.4% | 6.7% | Mid Dorset and North Poole |
| Cranborne & Alderholt | 5,029 | 2,050 | 67 | 25.1% | 73.4% | 4.9% | North Dorset |
| Cranborne Chase | 5,180 | 1,880 | 43 | 20.1% | 55.3% | 6.1% | North Dorset |
| Crossways | 3,736 | 1,636 | 95 | 29.0% | 74.0% | 8.6% | South Dorset |
| Dorchester East | 8,219 | 3,802 | 3,224 | 26.6% | 67.1% | 20.2% | West Dorset |
| Dorchester Poundbury | 4,072 | 2,003 | 2,161 | 30.7% | 56.3% | 18.0% | West Dorset |
| Dorchester West | 9,067 | 4,196 | 3,379 | 27.8% | 62.2% | 25.9% | West Dorset |
| Eggardon | 6,178 | 2,693 | 48 | 28.6% | 69.6% | 7.0% | West Dorset |
| Ferndown North | 8,692 | 4,178 | 893 | 40.9% | 82.2% | 13.8% | Christchurch |
| Ferndown South | 8,805 | 3,780 | 980 | 33.1% | 77.0% | 11.7% | Christchurch |
| Gillingham | 15,528 | 6,963 | 180 | 28.2% | 72.5% | 11.1% | North Dorset |
| Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants | 4,979 | 1,919 | 64 | 28.1% | 72.4% | 7.0% | North Dorset |
| Littlemoor & Preston | 9,865 | 4,626 | 1,160 | 31.7% | 70.5% | 16.0% | South Dorset |
| Lyme & Charmouth | 5,078 | 2,510 | 728 | 41.1% | 70.6% | 15.9% | West Dorset |
| Lytchett Matravers & Upton | 12,536 | 5,336 | 290 | 25.7% | 75.7% | 9.5% | Mid Dorset and North Poole |
| Marshwood Vale | 3,508 | 1,576 | 34 | 36.6% | 76.2% | 5.0% | West Dorset |
| Melcombe Regis | 4,301 | 2,433 | 4,890 | 24.3% | 42.6% | 43.8% | South Dorset |
| Portland | 13,558 | 5,722 | 1,117 | 22.6% | 64.9% | 19.8% | South Dorset |
| Puddletown & Lower Winterborne | 5,491 | 2,342 | 54 | 27.4% | 71.0% | 7.3% | North Dorset |
| Radipole | 9,768 | 4,351 | 2,175 | 30.1% | 70.8% | 19.0% | South Dorset |
| Rodwell & Wyke | 13,916 | 6,318 | 3,641 | 27.1% | 66.9% | 20.7% | South Dorset |
| Shaftesbury Town | 9,158 | 4,135 | 2,036 | 23.6% | 62.6% | 14.5% | North Dorset |
| Sherborne East | 4,389 | 2,217 | 1,428 | 38.3% | 63.0% | 18.9% | West Dorset |
| Sherborne Rural | 4,954 | 2,185 | 45 | 31.0% | 70.7% | 6.4% | West Dorset |
| Sherborne West | 5,972 | 2,477 | 1,654 | 27.4% | 58.7% | 18.9% | West Dorset |
| South East Purbeck | 4,132 | 1,840 | 29 | 34.4% | 67.1% | 8.5% | South Dorset |
| St Leonards & St Ives | 7,902 | 3,477 | 318 | 39.3% | 88.1% | 7.5% | Christchurch |
| Stalbridge & Marnhull | 5,152 | 2,360 | 109 | 36.3% | 74.9% | 9.4% | North Dorset |
| Stour & Allen Vale | 4,961 | 1,995 | 50 | 27.3% | 72.3% | 5.3% | Mid Dorset and North Poole |
| Sturminster Newton | 4,638 | 2,085 | 204 | 29.1% | 64.0% | 13.8% | North Dorset |
| Swanage | 9,426 | 4,512 | 842 | 35.5% | 69.7% | 18.8% | South Dorset |
| Upwey & Broadwey | 4,537 | 2,013 | 588 | 27.2% | 78.4% | 11.5% | South Dorset |
| Verwood | 13,709 | 5,809 | 1,321 | 27.7% | 82.5% | 7.6% | North Dorset |
| Wareham | 9,855 | 4,437 | 162 | 32.0% | 70.5% | 15.0% | Mid Dorset and North Poole |
| West Moors & Three Legged Cross | 8,870 | 4,114 | 618 | 40.8% | 80.7% | 11.8% | Christchurch |
| West Parley | 3,660 | 1,602 | 743 | 37.5% | 90.7% | 7.6% | Christchurch |
| West Purbeck | 9,844 | 4,024 | 67 | 23.0% | 59.7% | 9.0% | Mid Dorset and North Poole, South Dorset |
| Westham | 9,503 | 4,229 | 3,915 | 21.5% | 57.4% | 27.4% | South Dorset |
| Wimborne Minster | 8,099 | 3,900 | 2,622 | 27.6% | 57.9% | 18.6% | Mid Dorset and North Poole |
| Winterborne & Broadmayne | 4,287 | 1,880 | 54 | 30.6% | 74.0% | 7.7% | West Dorset |
| Winterborne North | 4,265 | 1,851 | 78 | 27.1% | 71.2% | 7.7% | North Dorset |
| Yetminster | 4,911 | 2,164 | 41 | 33.6% | 72.4% | 6.9% | West Dorset |
52 wards · Census 2021 (ONS, Nomis) · ward boundaries: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0
Westminster constituencies
Number of Dorset wards in each (a ward may be split).
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Wards: ONS Open Geography Portal (WD26 lookups) · Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis · Open Government Licence v3.0Back to Dorset