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Alton Whitedown ward, East Hampshire

Alton Whitedown is one of 31 electoral wards of East Hampshire District Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 2,410 residents in 973 households — 2,350 people per km², the 30th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Hampshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Alton Town division.

Residents, 20212,410council ward average 4,056
Households9732.48 residents per household
Density2,350/ km²about 1.03 km² · East Hampshire 244
Aged 65+23.3%East Hampshire: 23.1% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 101
5–96.4% · 154
10–159.1% · 218
16–194.7% · 112
20–244.7% · 113
25–347.5% · 180
35–4918.9% · 455
50–6421.2% · 511
65–7411.3% · 272
75–848.1% · 196
85+3.9% · 93

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.4% · 111
1 car or van38.0% · 370
2 cars or vans36.7% · 357
3 or more13.9% · 135
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; East Hampshire overall: 73.0% owned, 12.5% social rented, 13.0% private rented.

Owned outright41.2% · 401
With mortgage30.4% · 296
Shared ownership1.6% · 16
Social rented20.7% · 201
Private rented6.1% · 59

Type of home

Detached house42.5% · 414
Semi-detached house28.1% · 273
Terraced house13.8% · 134
Purpose-built flat14.6% · 142
Converted house0.7% · 7
Other conversion0.2% · 2
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
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.