Electoral wardE05014958
St Nicolas ward, Guildford
St Nicolas is one of 21 electoral wards of Guildford Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 2,919 residents in 1,327 households — 1,405 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Guildford constituency; for county elections it is in the Guildford South West division.
Residents, 20212,919council ward average 6,840
Households1,3272.2 residents per household
Density1,405/ km²about 2.08 km² · Guildford 530
Aged 65+20.7%Guildford: 17.5% · under 16: 15.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 122
5–94.6% · 134
10–156.3% · 185
16–194.5% · 132
20–247.5% · 219
25–3412.3% · 359
35–4921.2% · 619
50–6418.7% · 545
65–7411.2% · 326
75–846.5% · 189
85+3.1% · 90
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.4% · 298
1 car or van49.0% · 651
2 cars or vans22.0% · 292
3 or more6.6% · 87
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Guildford overall: 66.3% owned, 12.7% social rented, 19.6% private rented.
Owned outright38.0% · 504
With mortgage26.8% · 356
Shared ownership0.4% · 5
Social rented8.6% · 114
Private rented26.1% · 347
Lives rent free0.2% · 2
Type of home
Detached house30.8% · 408
Semi-detached house15.0% · 199
Terraced house9.3% · 123
Purpose-built flat37.3% · 494
Converted house4.7% · 62
Other conversion2.1% · 28
Above shop / office0.8% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014958- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- County council
- Surrey Quarter Sessions
- County division
- Guildford South West
- Constituency
- Guildford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 21
Council offices in this ward
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% owned2,722MMerrow19.2% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned8,065OOnslow9.7% aged 65+ · 51.1% owned8,974SSend & Lovelace24.6% aged 65+ · 76.6% owned6,856SStoke6.9% 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.