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Whitestone ward, Nuneaton and Bedworth

Whitestone is one of 19 electoral wards of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council, in Warwickshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,766 residents in 2,842 households — 1,282 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Nuneaton and Rugby constituencies; for county elections it is in the Attleborough and Bulkington & Whitestone and Nuneaton East divisions.

Residents, 20216,766council ward average 7,063
Households2,8422.38 residents per household
Density1,282/ km²about 5.28 km² · Nuneaton and Bedworth 1,700
Aged 65+26.9%Nuneaton and Bedworth: 19.1% · under 16: 14.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 282
5–94.5% · 302
10–155.8% · 394
16–193.9% · 261
20–244.7% · 316
25–349.9% · 668
35–4916.5% · 1,114
50–6423.8% · 1,608
65–7414.2% · 958
75–849.5% · 641
85+3.3% · 223

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.9% · 281
1 car or van34.0% · 966
2 cars or vans39.2% · 1,113
3 or more16.9% · 481
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Nuneaton and Bedworth overall: 68.1% owned, 14.4% social rented, 16.6% private rented.

Owned outright53.9% · 1,531
With mortgage34.2% · 973
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented4.6% · 132
Private rented6.9% · 196

Type of home

Detached house61.5% · 1,749
Semi-detached house26.5% · 753
Terraced house9.7% · 276
Purpose-built flat1.9% · 55
Converted house0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.2% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.