Electoral wardE05012682
Beacon ward, Dorset
Beacon is one of 52 electoral wards of Dorset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,168 residents in 1,990 households — 48 people per km², the 29th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Dorset constituency.
Residents, 20215,168council ward average 7,279
Households1,9902.6 residents per household
Density48/ km²about 107.22 km² · Dorset 154
Aged 65+29.9%Dorset: 29.6% · under 16: 14.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.6% · 133
5–93.2% · 165
10–158.3% · 429
16–194.9% · 255
20–243.8% · 198
25–348.4% · 432
35–4913.8% · 715
50–6425.1% · 1,297
65–7416.3% · 842
75–8410.2% · 528
85+3.4% · 175
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van5.3% · 105
1 car or van32.3% · 642
2 cars or vans40.1% · 797
3 or more22.4% · 446
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dorset overall: 70.4% owned, 12.3% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright56.0% · 1,114
With mortgage23.3% · 463
Shared ownership0.3% · 5
Social rented6.8% · 136
Private rented13.7% · 272
Type of home
Detached house60.9% · 1,210
Semi-detached house26.5% · 527
Terraced house10.2% · 202
Purpose-built flat0.3% · 6
Converted house0.5% · 9
Other conversion0.8% · 16
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 12
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012682- Council
- Dorset Council
- Constituency
- North Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 44 of 52
Parishes in the ward
AshmoreCannCompton AbbasEast OrchardFifehead MagdalenFontmell MagnaHammoonIwerne Courtney or ShrotonIwerne MinsterIwerne StepletonManstonMargaret MarshMelbury AbbasStour ProvostSutton WaldronTodberWest Orchard
Other wards in the same constituency
BBlackmore Vale30.1% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned4,502BBlandford24.8% aged 65+ · 63.2% owned10,359CCranborne & Alderholt25.1% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned5,029CCranborne Chase20.1% aged 65+ · 55.3% owned5,180GGillingham28.2% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned15,528HHill Forts & Upper Tarrants28.1% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned4,979PPuddletown & Lower Winterborne27.4% aged 65+ · 71.0% owned5,491SShaftesbury Town23.6% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned9,158SStalbridge & Marnhull36.3% aged 65+ · 74.9% owned5,152SSturminster Newton29.1% aged 65+ · 64.0% owned4,638VVerwood27.7% aged 65+ · 82.5% owned13,709WWinterborne North27.1% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned4,265
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.