Electoral wardE05012726
West Moors & Three Legged Cross ward, Dorset
West Moors & Three Legged Cross is one of 52 electoral wards of Dorset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,870 residents in 4,114 households — 618 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Christchurch constituency.
Residents, 20218,870council ward average 7,279
Households4,1142.16 residents per household
Density618/ km²about 14.34 km² · Dorset 154
Aged 65+40.8%Dorset: 29.6% · under 16: 11.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.6% · 320
5–93.4% · 299
10–154.5% · 398
16–192.6% · 233
20–243.8% · 333
25–347.7% · 684
35–4912.6% · 1,120
50–6421.0% · 1,860
65–7418.6% · 1,648
75–8414.7% · 1,308
85+7.5% · 667
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.8% · 486
1 car or van42.7% · 1,757
2 cars or vans30.8% · 1,267
3 or more14.7% · 604
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dorset overall: 70.4% owned, 12.3% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright57.7% · 2,375
With mortgage23.0% · 947
Shared ownership0.4% · 16
Social rented9.6% · 395
Private rented9.3% · 381
Type of home
Detached house58.0% · 2,387
Semi-detached house17.3% · 713
Terraced house6.3% · 258
Purpose-built flat10.9% · 450
Converted house0.4% · 18
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.9% · 35
Caravan, mobile6.1% · 249
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012726- Council
- Dorset Council
- Constituency
- Christchurch
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 23 of 52
Parishes in the ward
VerwoodWest Moors
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.