Electoral wardE05012690
Chickerell ward, Dorset
Chickerell is one of 52 electoral wards of Dorset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,817 residents in 3,444 households — 498 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Dorset constituency.
Residents, 20217,817council ward average 7,279
Households3,4442.27 residents per household
Density498/ km²about 15.68 km² · Dorset 154
Aged 65+26.0%Dorset: 29.6% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 351
5–95.2% · 409
10–156.7% · 521
16–193.8% · 296
20–244.0% · 315
25–3410.3% · 804
35–4916.9% · 1,321
50–6422.6% · 1,769
65–7412.8% · 997
75–849.5% · 743
85+3.7% · 291
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.5% · 465
1 car or van43.0% · 1,481
2 cars or vans31.1% · 1,071
3 or more12.4% · 427
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dorset overall: 70.4% owned, 12.3% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright43.9% · 1,512
With mortgage28.2% · 970
Shared ownership1.8% · 61
Social rented12.9% · 444
Private rented13.2% · 456
Type of home
Detached house35.2% · 1,212
Semi-detached house24.8% · 853
Terraced house26.3% · 905
Purpose-built flat9.0% · 309
Converted house0.8% · 26
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.5% · 18
Caravan, mobile3.3% · 114
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012690- Council
- Dorset Council
- Constituency
- South Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 25 of 52
Parishes in the ward
ChickerellWeymouth
Other wards in the same constituency
CCrossways29.0% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned3,736LLittlemoor & Preston31.7% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned9,865MMelcombe Regis24.3% aged 65+ · 42.6% owned4,301PPortland22.6% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned13,558RRadipole30.1% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned9,768RRodwell & Wyke27.1% aged 65+ · 66.9% owned13,916SSouth East Purbeck34.4% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned4,132SSwanage35.5% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned9,426UUpwey & Broadwey27.2% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned4,537WWest Purbeck23.0% aged 65+ · 59.7% owned9,844WWestham21.5% aged 65+ · 57.4% owned9,503
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.