Electoral wardE05012722
Swanage ward, Dorset
Swanage is one of 52 electoral wards of Dorset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,426 residents in 4,512 households — 842 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Dorset constituency.
Residents, 20219,426council ward average 7,279
Households4,5122.09 residents per household
Density842/ km²about 11.19 km² · Dorset 154
Aged 65+35.5%Dorset: 29.6% · under 16: 12.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.3% · 310
5–94.0% · 381
10–155.1% · 485
16–193.2% · 300
20–243.8% · 360
25–347.9% · 747
35–4913.6% · 1,278
50–6423.5% · 2,215
65–7417.4% · 1,643
75–8412.3% · 1,156
85+5.8% · 551
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.8% · 850
1 car or van46.7% · 2,106
2 cars or vans25.6% · 1,156
3 or more8.9% · 400
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dorset overall: 70.4% owned, 12.3% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright50.8% · 2,293
With mortgage18.9% · 852
Shared ownership0.6% · 28
Social rented12.1% · 547
Private rented17.5% · 791
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house33.7% · 1,522
Semi-detached house18.6% · 839
Terraced house13.9% · 627
Purpose-built flat20.5% · 926
Converted house7.0% · 315
Other conversion2.5% · 112
Above shop / office2.1% · 97
Caravan, mobile1.6% · 74
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012722- Council
- Dorset Council
- Constituency
- South Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 19 of 52
Parishes in the ward
Swanage
Other wards in the same constituency
CChickerell26.0% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned7,817CCrossways29.0% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned3,736LLittlemoor & Preston31.7% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned9,865MMelcombe Regis24.3% aged 65+ · 42.6% owned4,301PPortland22.6% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned13,558RRadipole30.1% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned9,768RRodwell & Wyke27.1% aged 65+ · 66.9% owned13,916SSouth East Purbeck34.4% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned4,132UUpwey & Broadwey27.2% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned4,537WWest Purbeck23.0% aged 65+ · 59.7% owned9,844WWestham21.5% aged 65+ · 57.4% owned9,503
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.