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Electoral wardE05010952

Barnwood ward, Gloucester

Barnwood is one of 18 electoral wards of Gloucester City Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,736 residents in 2,774 households — 2,344 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gloucester constituency; for county elections it is in the Barnwood & Hucclecote division.

Residents, 20216,736council ward average 7,357
Households2,7742.43 residents per household
Density2,344/ km²about 2.87 km² · Gloucester 3,265
Aged 65+18.4%Gloucester: 16.7% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 300
5–95.7% · 387
10–157.6% · 510
16–195.1% · 342
20–246.0% · 404
25–3410.3% · 695
35–4919.5% · 1,310
50–6423.0% · 1,547
65–749.7% · 654
75–846.1% · 412
85+2.6% · 174

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.0% · 332
1 car or van39.0% · 1,082
2 cars or vans35.9% · 996
3 or more13.1% · 364
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Gloucester overall: 63.8% owned, 13.6% social rented, 21.3% private rented.

Owned outright39.5% · 1,096
With mortgage37.8% · 1,050
Shared ownership1.1% · 31
Social rented8.8% · 243
Private rented12.8% · 355

Type of home

Detached house42.8% · 1,186
Semi-detached house33.2% · 920
Terraced house12.8% · 355
Purpose-built flat8.9% · 246
Converted house0.6% · 18
Other conversion1.5% · 41
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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.