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Electoral wardE05010298

Weston-super-Mare Central ward, North Somerset

Weston-super-Mare Central is one of 35 electoral wards of North Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,091 residents in 4,581 households — 5,471 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Weston-super-Mare constituency.

Residents, 20219,091council ward average 6,192
Households4,5811.98 residents per household
Density5,471/ km²about 1.66 km² · North Somerset 580
Aged 65+22.9%North Somerset: 23.9% · under 16: 12.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 414
5–93.7% · 333
10–154.2% · 383
16–193.2% · 290
20–246.3% · 571
25–3415.2% · 1,384
35–4918.9% · 1,714
50–6421.1% · 1,917
65–7410.4% · 949
75–846.8% · 621
85+5.7% · 514

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van40.8% · 1,866
1 car or van42.5% · 1,944
2 cars or vans12.9% · 589
3 or more3.9% · 180
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright24.6% · 1,128
With mortgage16.9% · 773
Shared ownership0.3% · 13
Social rented8.6% · 396
Private rented49.6% · 2,271

Type of home

Detached house4.3% · 197
Semi-detached house12.5% · 572
Terraced house10.6% · 487
Purpose-built flat32.1% · 1,472
Converted house33.6% · 1,538
Other conversion3.3% · 152
Above shop / office3.4% · 157
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
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.