Electoral wardE05012691
Colehill & Wimborne Minster East ward, Dorset
Colehill & Wimborne Minster East is one of 52 electoral wards of Dorset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,676 residents in 3,656 households — 831 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency.
Residents, 20218,676council ward average 7,279
Households3,6562.37 residents per household
Density831/ km²about 10.44 km² · Dorset 154
Aged 65+28.4%Dorset: 29.6% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 408
5–95.5% · 478
10–157.2% · 621
16–193.7% · 324
20–243.6% · 313
25–348.5% · 734
35–4917.3% · 1,498
50–6421.2% · 1,836
65–7414.6% · 1,264
75–8410.3% · 896
85+3.5% · 304
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.9% · 254
1 car or van34.1% · 1,245
2 cars or vans42.0% · 1,534
3 or more17.0% · 623
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dorset overall: 70.4% owned, 12.3% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright49.0% · 1,790
With mortgage35.4% · 1,293
Shared ownership1.0% · 36
Social rented6.3% · 230
Private rented8.3% · 305
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house63.0% · 2,304
Semi-detached house21.3% · 780
Terraced house8.4% · 308
Purpose-built flat5.7% · 210
Converted house0.9% · 34
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012691- Council
- Dorset Council
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 52
Parishes in the ward
ColehillHoltWimborne Minster
Other wards in the same constituency
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.