Electoral wardE05012703
Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants ward, Dorset
Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants is one of 52 electoral wards of Dorset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,979 residents in 1,919 households — 64 people per km², the 34th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Dorset constituency.
Residents, 20214,979council ward average 7,279
Households1,9192.59 residents per household
Density64/ km²about 77.92 km² · Dorset 154
Aged 65+28.1%Dorset: 29.6% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.2% · 159
5–94.2% · 207
10–1510.5% · 525
16–199.4% · 466
20–243.2% · 157
25–346.5% · 325
35–4913.5% · 672
50–6421.5% · 1,068
65–7414.9% · 742
75–849.5% · 472
85+3.7% · 186
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.0% · 135
1 car or van37.8% · 725
2 cars or vans37.4% · 718
3 or more17.8% · 341
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dorset overall: 70.4% owned, 12.3% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright48.1% · 923
With mortgage24.3% · 465
Shared ownership0.6% · 11
Social rented11.3% · 216
Private rented15.8% · 302
Type of home
Detached house53.1% · 1,018
Semi-detached house28.4% · 544
Terraced house14.2% · 273
Purpose-built flat2.0% · 38
Converted house0.9% · 17
Other conversion1.1% · 22
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012703- Council
- Dorset Council
- Constituency
- North Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 39 of 52
Parishes in the ward
BryanstonChettleChild OkefordDurwestonFarnhamHanfordPimperneStourpaineTarrant GunvilleTarrant Hinton
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% owned5,029CCranborne Chase20.1% aged 65+ · 55.3% owned5,180GGillingham28.2% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned15,528PPuddletown & 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.