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Kingsholm and Wotton ward, Gloucester

Kingsholm and Wotton is one of 18 electoral wards of Gloucester City Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,098 residents in 3,179 households — 4,240 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gloucester constituency; for county elections it is in the Kingsholm & Wotton division.

Residents, 20217,098council ward average 7,357
Households3,1792.23 residents per household
Density4,240/ km²about 1.67 km² · Gloucester 3,265
Aged 65+17.3%Gloucester: 16.7% · under 16: 13.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 316
5–94.1% · 293
10–155.0% · 353
16–195.1% · 365
20–2411.8% · 836
25–3414.8% · 1,052
35–4919.6% · 1,391
50–6417.8% · 1,266
65–748.3% · 588
75–845.5% · 387
85+3.5% · 252

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van33.6% · 1,068
1 car or van39.8% · 1,266
2 cars or vans19.5% · 620
3 or more7.1% · 225
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright25.5% · 812
With mortgage21.2% · 675
Shared ownership0.6% · 20
Social rented16.4% · 523
Private rented36.1% · 1,148
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house12.9% · 409
Semi-detached house21.7% · 688
Terraced house15.9% · 505
Purpose-built flat39.6% · 1,259
Converted house6.3% · 201
Other conversion2.6% · 82
Above shop / office0.9% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.