Electoral wardE05014963
Westborough ward, Guildford
Westborough is one of 21 electoral wards of Guildford Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,649 residents in 3,027 households — 3,868 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Guildford constituency; for county elections it is in the Guildford West division.
Residents, 202111,649council ward average 6,840
Households3,0273.85 residents per household
Density3,868/ km²about 3.01 km² · Guildford 530
Aged 65+8.1%Guildford: 17.5% · under 16: 10.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.9% · 338
5–93.6% · 419
10–154.4% · 507
16–1917.8% · 2,075
20–2427.0% · 3,140
25–3413.2% · 1,543
35–4912.1% · 1,410
50–6410.9% · 1,272
65–744.5% · 521
75–842.3% · 270
85+1.3% · 152
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.0% · 786
1 car or van38.4% · 1,163
2 cars or vans24.1% · 731
3 or more11.5% · 348
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Guildford overall: 66.3% owned, 12.7% social rented, 19.6% private rented.
Owned outright20.9% · 634
With mortgage16.5% · 501
Shared ownership1.1% · 33
Social rented32.7% · 990
Private rented28.7% · 869
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house12.8% · 387
Semi-detached house62.2% · 1,882
Terraced house8.0% · 242
Purpose-built flat13.9% · 421
Converted house2.6% · 80
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.2% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014963- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- County council
- Surrey Quarter Sessions
- County division
- Guildford West
- Constituency
- Guildford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 4 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% owned2,722MMerrow19.2% 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% owned6,416
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.