Electoral wardE05012729
Westham ward, Dorset
Westham is one of 52 electoral wards of Dorset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,503 residents in 4,229 households — 3,915 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Dorset constituency.
Residents, 20219,503council ward average 7,279
Households4,2292.25 residents per household
Density3,915/ km²about 2.43 km² · Dorset 154
Aged 65+21.5%Dorset: 29.6% · under 16: 16.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 443
5–95.1% · 483
10–156.9% · 653
16–194.5% · 423
20–245.1% · 486
25–3412.2% · 1,159
35–4918.2% · 1,731
50–6421.9% · 2,086
65–7411.3% · 1,073
75–846.9% · 653
85+3.3% · 314
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.4% · 1,160
1 car or van41.2% · 1,744
2 cars or vans23.5% · 993
3 or more7.9% · 332
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dorset overall: 70.4% owned, 12.3% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright30.2% · 1,278
With mortgage27.2% · 1,151
Shared ownership0.9% · 40
Social rented24.2% · 1,023
Private rented17.4% · 735
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house9.1% · 385
Semi-detached house35.2% · 1,490
Terraced house27.9% · 1,179
Purpose-built flat21.4% · 906
Converted house4.7% · 200
Other conversion0.7% · 28
Above shop / office0.9% · 38
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012729- Council
- Dorset Council
- Constituency
- South Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 52
Parishes in the ward
Weymouth
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% owned4,132SSwanage35.5% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned9,426UUpwey & Broadwey27.2% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned4,537WWest Purbeck23.0% aged 65+ · 59.7% owned9,844
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.