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Electoral wardE05010287

Long Ashton ward, North Somerset

Long Ashton is one of 35 electoral wards of North Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,943 residents in 3,636 households — 288 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Somerset constituency.

Residents, 20218,943council ward average 6,192
Households3,6362.46 residents per household
Density288/ km²about 31.03 km² · North Somerset 580
Aged 65+23.1%North Somerset: 23.9% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 499
5–97.0% · 624
10–157.8% · 695
16–194.1% · 365
20–243.1% · 277
25–347.3% · 655
35–4921.9% · 1,959
50–6420.1% · 1,799
65–7411.5% · 1,027
75–848.1% · 728
85+3.5% · 315

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.4% · 305
1 car or van38.1% · 1,385
2 cars or vans40.1% · 1,459
3 or more13.4% · 487
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; North Somerset overall: 71.6% owned, 9.2% social rented, 18.4% private rented.

Owned outright44.4% · 1,615
With mortgage37.1% · 1,350
Shared ownership0.6% · 20
Social rented7.1% · 258
Private rented10.8% · 391
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house45.4% · 1,651
Semi-detached house26.6% · 968
Terraced house13.3% · 482
Purpose-built flat10.8% · 393
Converted house2.0% · 71
Other conversion0.5% · 17
Above shop / office0.4% · 16
Caravan, mobile1.1% · 39
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.