Electoral wardE05012713
St Leonards & St Ives ward, Dorset
St Leonards & St Ives is one of 52 electoral wards of Dorset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,902 residents in 3,477 households — 318 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Christchurch constituency.
Residents, 20217,902council ward average 7,279
Households3,4772.27 residents per household
Density318/ km²about 24.85 km² · Dorset 154
Aged 65+39.3%Dorset: 29.6% · under 16: 12.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.4% · 272
5–93.9% · 305
10–154.8% · 380
16–192.8% · 224
20–243.0% · 239
25–347.2% · 568
35–4913.1% · 1,033
50–6422.5% · 1,777
65–7420.3% · 1,605
75–8413.6% · 1,077
85+5.4% · 423
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.5% · 260
1 car or van32.7% · 1,137
2 cars or vans39.5% · 1,372
3 or more20.4% · 708
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dorset overall: 70.4% owned, 12.3% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright61.2% · 2,127
With mortgage26.9% · 935
Shared ownership1.2% · 42
Social rented3.5% · 122
Private rented7.2% · 250
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house81.2% · 2,825
Semi-detached house5.2% · 180
Terraced house3.3% · 114
Purpose-built flat2.5% · 86
Converted house0.8% · 27
Other conversion0.3% · 10
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
Caravan, mobile6.7% · 232
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012713- Council
- Dorset Council
- Constituency
- Christchurch
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 27 of 52
Parishes in the ward
St. Leonards and St. Ives
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.