Electoral wardE05012694
Cranborne Chase ward, Dorset
Cranborne Chase is one of 52 electoral wards of Dorset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,180 residents in 1,880 households — 43 people per km², the 28th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Dorset constituency.
Residents, 20215,180council ward average 7,279
Households1,8802.76 residents per household
Density43/ km²about 119.63 km² · Dorset 154
Aged 65+20.1%Dorset: 29.6% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 249
5–96.4% · 330
10–157.0% · 363
16–197.0% · 361
20–246.4% · 331
25–3411.7% · 607
35–4919.1% · 987
50–6417.5% · 906
65–7412.0% · 622
75–845.7% · 296
85+2.4% · 123
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.1% · 114
1 car or van36.6% · 689
2 cars or vans38.2% · 719
3 or more19.0% · 358
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dorset overall: 70.4% owned, 12.3% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright34.6% · 650
With mortgage20.7% · 388
Shared ownership0.3% · 6
Social rented10.2% · 191
Private rented34.2% · 643
Type of home
Detached house40.9% · 769
Semi-detached house38.5% · 724
Terraced house12.3% · 231
Purpose-built flat3.6% · 68
Converted house0.8% · 15
Other conversion0.5% · 10
Above shop / office0.5% · 10
Caravan, mobile2.9% · 54
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012694- Council
- Dorset Council
- Constituency
- North Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 47 of 52
Parishes in the ward
CrichelGussage All SaintsGussage St. MichaelLangton Long BlandfordSixpenny Handley and PentridgeTarrant CrawfordTarrant KeynestonTarrant LauncestonTarrant MonktonTarrant RawstonTarrant RushtonWitchampton
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 & Alderholt25.1% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned5,029GGillingham28.2% 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.