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Guildford Borough Council

Local authority area: Guildford

Guildford is a district council in Surrey, in the South East England region of England. It covers 270.9 km² and had 145,673 residents in 2022 — about 538 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Guildford.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Guildford, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022145,673+4.3% since 2012

Land area270.9km²104.6 sq mi

Density538/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#203of 382 UK councils · #174 in England

Population estimates4 data points

139.7K146.1K147.9K145.7K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
Guildford became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Surrey

All councils in South East

Reigate and Banstead153,629 Elmbridge140,024 Waverley130,063 Woking104,179 Spelthorne103,551 Surrey Heath91,237 Tandridge88,707 Runnymede88,524 Mole Valley87,769 Epsom and Ewell81,184

Elections

21 electoral wards

Census 2021: 143,648 residents in 55,758 households across the wards; 17.5% aged 65+, 66.3% of homes owned, 13.8% of households without a car.

1Westborough3,027 households · 8.1% aged 65+11,649 2Castle4,746 households · 17.4% aged 65+10,735 3Onslow2,754 households · 9.7% aged 65+8,974 4Clandon & Horsley3,476 households · 25.4% aged 65+8,865 5Worplesdon3,455 households · 22.3% aged 65+8,463 6Merrow3,254 households · 19.2% aged 65+8,065

All wards of Guildford

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CGuildford Borough CouncilCouncil office · Guildford GU2 4BB · hours listed PNormandy Parish CouncilParish council · Guildford GU1 9GT · hours listed PPirbright Parish CouncilParish council · Woking GU24 0JT · hours listed PWest Horsley Parish CouncilParish council · Leatherhead KT24 6DD · hours listed PWorplesdon Parish CouncilParish council · Guildford GU2 9JX · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Guildford · 17 wards Godalming and Ash · 3 wards Surrey Heath · 1 ward

Source: Wikidata Q894086 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.