Electoral wardE05012730
Wimborne Minster ward, Dorset
Wimborne Minster is one of 52 electoral wards of Dorset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,099 residents in 3,900 households — 2,622 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency.
Residents, 20218,099council ward average 7,279
Households3,9002.08 residents per household
Density2,622/ km²about 3.09 km² · Dorset 154
Aged 65+27.6%Dorset: 29.6% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 435
5–94.6% · 375
10–156.7% · 540
16–194.4% · 356
20–244.0% · 321
25–3411.9% · 960
35–4916.4% · 1,331
50–6419.1% · 1,543
65–7412.6% · 1,020
75–849.6% · 774
85+5.5% · 444
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.6% · 724
1 car or van44.9% · 1,752
2 cars or vans28.0% · 1,092
3 or more8.5% · 332
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dorset overall: 70.4% owned, 12.3% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright36.5% · 1,423
With mortgage21.4% · 834
Shared ownership1.6% · 64
Social rented21.7% · 845
Private rented18.8% · 733
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house23.5% · 915
Semi-detached house20.7% · 806
Terraced house22.3% · 871
Purpose-built flat27.6% · 1,075
Converted house3.1% · 121
Other conversion1.3% · 51
Above shop / office1.5% · 57
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012730- Council
- Dorset Council
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 52
Parishes in the ward
Wimborne Minster
Other wards in the same constituency
CColehill & Wimborne Minster East28.4% aged 65+ · 84.4% owned8,676CCorfe Mullen24.3% aged 65+ · 82.4% owned10,374LLytchett Matravers & Upton25.7% aged 65+ · 75.7% owned12,536SStour & Allen Vale27.3% aged 65+ · 72.3% owned4,961WWareham32.0% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned9,855WWest 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.