Electoral wardE05014949
Castle ward, Guildford
Castle is one of 21 electoral wards of Guildford Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,735 residents in 4,746 households — 1,225 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Guildford constituency; for county elections it is in the Guildford South East division.
Residents, 202110,735council ward average 6,840
Households4,7462.26 residents per household
Density1,225/ km²about 8.76 km² · Guildford 530
Aged 65+17.4%Guildford: 17.5% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 501
5–95.1% · 542
10–157.2% · 775
16–194.2% · 455
20–246.9% · 739
25–3413.7% · 1,474
35–4921.1% · 2,264
50–6419.7% · 2,109
65–748.4% · 902
75–845.8% · 623
85+3.2% · 346
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.3% · 916
1 car or van44.0% · 2,087
2 cars or vans27.5% · 1,302
3 or more9.2% · 437
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Guildford overall: 66.3% owned, 12.7% social rented, 19.6% private rented.
Owned outright33.4% · 1,581
With mortgage28.0% · 1,328
Shared ownership0.9% · 41
Social rented6.5% · 310
Private rented31.2% · 1,480
Type of home
Detached house32.3% · 1,535
Semi-detached house13.1% · 623
Terraced house8.8% · 416
Purpose-built flat32.7% · 1,555
Converted house10.2% · 486
Other conversion1.3% · 64
Above shop / office1.4% · 66
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014949- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- County council
- Surrey Quarter Sessions
- County division
- Guildford South East
- Constituency
- Guildford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 13 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% owned6,377BBurpham17.0% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned7,570CClandon & 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.