Electoral wardE05014945
Ash Vale ward, Guildford
Ash Vale is one of 21 electoral wards of Guildford Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,124 residents in 3,078 households — 1,361 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Guildford constituency; for county elections it is in the Ash division.
Residents, 20217,124council ward average 6,840
Households3,0782.31 residents per household
Density1,361/ km²about 5.24 km² · Guildford 530
Aged 65+20.3%Guildford: 17.5% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 405
5–95.6% · 396
10–156.2% · 439
16–193.3% · 236
20–244.4% · 315
25–3413.2% · 938
35–4921.8% · 1,555
50–6419.7% · 1,401
65–7410.5% · 749
75–846.9% · 489
85+2.9% · 206
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.8% · 241
1 car or van41.5% · 1,278
2 cars or vans36.6% · 1,129
3 or more14.1% · 434
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Guildford overall: 66.3% owned, 12.7% social rented, 19.6% private rented.
Owned outright37.9% · 1,165
With mortgage38.0% · 1,169
Shared ownership0.7% · 22
Social rented6.2% · 190
Private rented17.2% · 530
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house29.3% · 900
Semi-detached house33.5% · 1,031
Terraced house25.4% · 782
Purpose-built flat9.6% · 296
Converted house0.6% · 19
Other conversion0.3% · 10
Above shop / office0.9% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014945- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- County council
- Surrey Quarter Sessions
- County division
- Ash
- Constituency
- Guildford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Ash
Other wards in the same constituency
AAsh South18.3% aged 65+ · 80.8% owned5,485AAsh 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.