Electoral wardE05014944
Ash South ward, Guildford
Ash South is one of 21 electoral wards of Guildford Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,485 residents in 2,291 households — 2,134 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Guildford constituency; for county elections it is in the Shalford division.
Residents, 20215,485council ward average 6,840
Households2,2912.39 residents per household
Density2,134/ km²about 2.57 km² · Guildford 530
Aged 65+18.3%Guildford: 17.5% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.0% · 384
5–95.5% · 303
10–156.5% · 355
16–193.0% · 167
20–244.3% · 237
25–3414.1% · 772
35–4920.6% · 1,129
50–6420.8% · 1,140
65–7410.6% · 582
75–845.8% · 321
85+1.9% · 102
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.9% · 180
1 car or van34.5% · 789
2 cars or vans42.1% · 965
3 or more15.5% · 356
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Guildford overall: 66.3% owned, 12.7% social rented, 19.6% private rented.
Owned outright36.1% · 826
With mortgage44.7% · 1,022
Shared ownership2.1% · 48
Social rented8.2% · 187
Private rented8.9% · 203
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house35.4% · 809
Semi-detached house31.0% · 708
Terraced house21.0% · 481
Purpose-built flat11.1% · 253
Converted house0.5% · 11
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014944- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- County council
- Surrey Quarter Sessions
- County division
- Shalford
- Constituency
- Guildford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Ash
Other wards in the same constituency
AAsh Vale20.3% aged 65+ · 75.9% owned7,124AAsh Wharf18.6% aged 65+ · 65.7% owned6,115BBellfields & Slyfield13.2% aged 65+ · 47.8% owned6,377BBurpham17.0% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned7,570CCastle17.4% aged 65+ · 61.4% owned10,735CClandon & Horsley25.4% aged 65+ · 83.4% owned8,865EEffingham22.8% aged 65+ · 82.8% owned2,722MMerrow19.2% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned8,065OOnslow9.7% aged 65+ · 51.1% owned8,974SSend & Lovelace24.6% aged 65+ · 76.6% owned6,856SSt Nicolas20.7% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned2,919SStoke6.9% aged 65+ · 36.7% owned6,287SStoughton North14.0% aged 65+ · 64.6% owned6,416SStoughton South15.0% aged 65+ · 65.8% owned5,837
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.