Electoral wardE05014952
Merrow ward, Guildford
Merrow is one of 21 electoral wards of Guildford Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,065 residents in 3,254 households — 1,829 people per km², the 6th 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, 20218,065council ward average 6,840
Households3,2542.48 residents per household
Density1,829/ km²about 4.41 km² · Guildford 530
Aged 65+19.2%Guildford: 17.5% · under 16: 20.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 372
5–96.9% · 553
10–159.1% · 736
16–195.0% · 403
20–244.4% · 354
25–348.6% · 693
35–4920.3% · 1,637
50–6421.8% · 1,755
65–7410.1% · 816
75–846.0% · 482
85+3.1% · 247
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.2% · 366
1 car or van39.4% · 1,285
2 cars or vans37.3% · 1,215
3 or more12.1% · 394
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Guildford overall: 66.3% owned, 12.7% social rented, 19.6% private rented.
Owned outright37.3% · 1,214
With mortgage33.1% · 1,078
Shared ownership0.8% · 25
Social rented12.9% · 419
Private rented15.8% · 514
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house41.1% · 1,338
Semi-detached house30.0% · 975
Terraced house13.0% · 422
Purpose-built flat12.7% · 415
Converted house2.4% · 79
Other conversion0.5% · 15
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014952- 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
- 10 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% owned7,570CCastle17.4% aged 65+ · 61.4% owned10,735CClandon & Horsley25.4% aged 65+ · 83.4% owned8,865EEffingham22.8% aged 65+ · 82.8% owned2,722OOnslow9.7% 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.