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Bellfields & Slyfield ward, Guildford

Bellfields & Slyfield is one of 21 electoral wards of Guildford Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,377 residents in 2,453 households — 2,256 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Guildford constituency; for county elections it is in the Guildford North division.

Residents, 20216,377council ward average 6,840
Households2,4532.6 residents per household
Density2,256/ km²about 2.83 km² · Guildford 530
Aged 65+13.2%Guildford: 17.5% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 378
5–96.3% · 401
10–157.1% · 453
16–195.1% · 327
20–248.1% · 516
25–3413.9% · 887
35–4921.9% · 1,397
50–6418.4% · 1,175
65–747.6% · 482
75–844.0% · 253
85+1.7% · 110

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.6% · 456
1 car or van40.8% · 1,000
2 cars or vans29.2% · 717
3 or more11.4% · 280
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Guildford overall: 66.3% owned, 12.7% social rented, 19.6% private rented.

Owned outright21.1% · 518
With mortgage26.7% · 653
Shared ownership1.4% · 34
Social rented34.1% · 836
Private rented16.1% · 395
Lives rent free0.6% · 14

Type of home

Detached house6.4% · 157
Semi-detached house51.1% · 1,257
Terraced house23.0% · 566
Purpose-built flat16.7% · 410
Converted house2.1% · 52
Other conversion0.3% · 8
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
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 v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.