Electoral wardE05014948
Burpham ward, Guildford
Burpham is one of 21 electoral wards of Guildford Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,570 residents in 3,037 households — 2,355 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Guildford constituency; for county elections it is in the Guildford East and Guildford South East divisions.
Residents, 20217,570council ward average 6,840
Households3,0372.49 residents per household
Density2,355/ km²about 3.21 km² · Guildford 530
Aged 65+17.0%Guildford: 17.5% · under 16: 20.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 344
5–96.9% · 521
10–159.3% · 704
16–194.7% · 359
20–244.9% · 371
25–3410.1% · 768
35–4922.3% · 1,692
50–6420.1% · 1,523
65–748.1% · 614
75–845.7% · 433
85+3.2% · 244
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.4% · 286
1 car or van40.2% · 1,220
2 cars or vans38.4% · 1,164
3 or more12.0% · 365
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Guildford overall: 66.3% owned, 12.7% social rented, 19.6% private rented.
Owned outright37.9% · 1,153
With mortgage37.4% · 1,138
Shared ownership1.2% · 37
Social rented2.9% · 87
Private rented20.5% · 623
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house48.1% · 1,461
Semi-detached house19.9% · 603
Terraced house13.2% · 402
Purpose-built flat17.4% · 529
Converted house0.7% · 22
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.5% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014948- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- County council
- Surrey Quarter Sessions
- County division
- Guildford East, Guildford South East
- Constituency
- Guildford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 21
Other wards in the same constituency
AAsh South18.3% aged 65+ · 80.8% owned5,485AAsh Vale20.3% aged 65+ · 75.9% owned7,124AAsh Wharf18.6% aged 65+ · 65.7% owned6,115BBellfields & Slyfield13.2% aged 65+ · 47.8% owned6,377CCastle17.4% 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.