Electoral wardE05012714
Shaftesbury Town ward, Dorset
Shaftesbury Town is one of 52 electoral wards of Dorset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,158 residents in 4,135 households — 2,036 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Dorset constituency.
Residents, 20219,158council ward average 7,279
Households4,1352.21 residents per household
Density2,036/ km²about 4.50 km² · Dorset 154
Aged 65+23.6%Dorset: 29.6% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 488
5–95.9% · 538
10–157.0% · 638
16–194.5% · 412
20–244.5% · 413
25–3412.4% · 1,135
35–4917.7% · 1,618
50–6419.2% · 1,760
65–7411.6% · 1,066
75–848.0% · 733
85+3.9% · 361
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.5% · 601
1 car or van44.6% · 1,842
2 cars or vans30.3% · 1,252
3 or more10.6% · 438
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dorset overall: 70.4% owned, 12.3% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright37.8% · 1,563
With mortgage24.8% · 1,027
Shared ownership2.4% · 98
Social rented16.0% · 661
Private rented19.0% · 786
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house26.9% · 1,114
Semi-detached house26.4% · 1,090
Terraced house29.7% · 1,227
Purpose-built flat13.1% · 540
Converted house1.6% · 65
Other conversion1.0% · 41
Above shop / office1.3% · 52
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012714- Council
- Dorset Council
- Constituency
- North Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 52
Parishes in the ward
Shaftesbury
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% owned4,979PPuddletown & Lower Winterborne27.4% aged 65+ · 71.0% owned5,491SStalbridge & 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.