Electoral wardE05012693
Cranborne & Alderholt ward, Dorset
Cranborne & Alderholt is one of 52 electoral wards of Dorset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,029 residents in 2,050 households — 67 people per km², the 33rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Dorset constituency.
Residents, 20215,029council ward average 7,279
Households2,0502.45 residents per household
Density67/ km²about 74.95 km² · Dorset 154
Aged 65+25.1%Dorset: 29.6% · under 16: 16.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 206
5–94.7% · 238
10–157.3% · 365
16–194.3% · 218
20–243.8% · 189
25–348.6% · 431
35–4916.2% · 815
50–6425.9% · 1,304
65–7414.4% · 726
75–847.8% · 393
85+2.8% · 142
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van4.9% · 101
1 car or van30.0% · 616
2 cars or vans40.4% · 828
3 or more24.6% · 505
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dorset overall: 70.4% owned, 12.3% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright43.6% · 894
With mortgage29.8% · 610
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented8.3% · 170
Private rented18.1% · 372
Type of home
Detached house56.0% · 1,149
Semi-detached house29.0% · 595
Terraced house7.3% · 149
Purpose-built flat2.8% · 57
Converted house0.3% · 7
Other conversion0.4% · 9
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Caravan, mobile3.8% · 79
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012693- Council
- Dorset Council
- Constituency
- North Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 37 of 52
Parishes in the ward
AlderholtCranborneEdmondshamWimborne St. GilesWoodlands
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBeacon29.9% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned5,168BBlackmore Vale30.1% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned4,502BBlandford24.8% aged 65+ · 63.2% owned10,359CCranborne 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.