Electoral wardE05012710
Puddletown & Lower Winterborne ward, Dorset
Puddletown & Lower Winterborne is one of 52 electoral wards of Dorset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,491 residents in 2,342 households — 54 people per km², the 27th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Dorset constituency.
Residents, 20215,491council ward average 7,279
Households2,3422.34 residents per household
Density54/ km²about 102.06 km² · Dorset 154
Aged 65+27.4%Dorset: 29.6% · under 16: 15.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.9% · 214
5–94.4% · 241
10–156.8% · 375
16–194.8% · 266
20–243.2% · 173
25–348.4% · 461
35–4915.2% · 837
50–6425.9% · 1,419
65–7414.7% · 808
75–849.7% · 532
85+3.0% · 163
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.3% · 171
1 car or van34.1% · 798
2 cars or vans39.0% · 914
3 or more19.6% · 459
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dorset overall: 70.4% owned, 12.3% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright45.1% · 1,056
With mortgage25.9% · 606
Shared ownership0.8% · 18
Social rented11.9% · 279
Private rented16.4% · 383
Type of home
Detached house41.1% · 961
Semi-detached house34.8% · 815
Terraced house16.4% · 385
Purpose-built flat2.8% · 65
Converted house0.6% · 14
Other conversion0.5% · 11
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Caravan, mobile3.5% · 82
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012710- Council
- Dorset Council
- Constituency
- North Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 41 of 52
Parishes in the ward
AndersonAthelhampton and PuddletownBurleston and TolpuddleMilborne St. AndrewMilton AbbasWinterborne KingstonWinterborne WhitechurchWinterborne Zelston
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% owned15,528HHill Forts & Upper Tarrants28.1% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned4,979SShaftesbury 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.