Electoral wardE05012706
Lytchett Matravers & Upton ward, Dorset
Lytchett Matravers & Upton is one of 52 electoral wards of Dorset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,536 residents in 5,336 households — 290 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency.
Residents, 202112,536council ward average 7,279
Households5,3362.35 residents per household
Density290/ km²about 43.23 km² · Dorset 154
Aged 65+25.7%Dorset: 29.6% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 562
5–95.7% · 720
10–157.1% · 891
16–193.9% · 486
20–244.2% · 525
25–3410.5% · 1,321
35–4916.9% · 2,121
50–6421.5% · 2,692
65–7413.6% · 1,709
75–849.0% · 1,124
85+3.1% · 386
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.5% · 508
1 car or van39.2% · 2,089
2 cars or vans36.2% · 1,930
3 or more15.1% · 806
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dorset overall: 70.4% owned, 12.3% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright43.7% · 2,333
With mortgage31.9% · 1,704
Shared ownership1.0% · 56
Social rented9.0% · 482
Private rented14.2% · 759
Type of home
Detached house44.5% · 2,370
Semi-detached house24.4% · 1,298
Terraced house17.6% · 937
Purpose-built flat9.5% · 508
Converted house0.4% · 22
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.4% · 22
Caravan, mobile3.1% · 167
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012706- Council
- Dorset Council
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 28 of 52
Parishes in the ward
Lytchett MatraversLytchett Minster and UptonMorden
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
CColehill & Wimborne Minster East28.4% aged 65+ · 84.4% owned8,676CCorfe Mullen24.3% aged 65+ · 82.4% owned10,374SStour & Allen Vale27.3% aged 65+ · 72.3% owned4,961WWareham32.0% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned9,855WWest Purbeck23.0% aged 65+ · 59.7% owned9,844WWimborne Minster27.6% aged 65+ · 57.9% owned8,099
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.