Electoral wardE05012724
Verwood ward, Dorset
Verwood is one of 52 electoral wards of Dorset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,709 residents in 5,809 households — 1,321 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Dorset constituency.
Residents, 202113,709council ward average 7,279
Households5,8092.36 residents per household
Density1,321/ km²about 10.38 km² · Dorset 154
Aged 65+27.7%Dorset: 29.6% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 616
5–95.3% · 721
10–156.7% · 922
16–194.0% · 548
20–244.1% · 559
25–349.7% · 1,333
35–4916.9% · 2,312
50–6421.2% · 2,903
65–7413.5% · 1,845
75–8410.3% · 1,406
85+4.0% · 544
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.6% · 441
1 car or van36.2% · 2,105
2 cars or vans38.6% · 2,243
3 or more17.6% · 1,020
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dorset overall: 70.4% owned, 12.3% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright47.3% · 2,746
With mortgage35.2% · 2,043
Shared ownership0.5% · 29
Social rented6.2% · 358
Private rented10.8% · 630
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house67.4% · 3,914
Semi-detached house12.5% · 729
Terraced house10.7% · 623
Purpose-built flat7.5% · 437
Converted house0.4% · 21
Other conversion0.0% · 2
Above shop / office0.4% · 25
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 58
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012724- Council
- Dorset Council
- Constituency
- North Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 52
Parishes in the ward
Verwood
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% owned5,491SShaftesbury Town23.6% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned9,158SStalbridge & Marnhull36.3% aged 65+ · 74.9% owned5,152SSturminster Newton29.1% aged 65+ · 64.0% owned4,638WWinterborne 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.