Electoral wardE05012897
Ottershaw ward, Runnymede
Ottershaw is one of 14 electoral wards of Runnymede Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,590 residents in 2,683 households — 817 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Runnymede and Weybridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Addlestone and Foxhills, Thorpe and Virginia Water and Woodham and New Haw divisions.
Residents, 20216,590council ward average 6,291
Households2,6832.46 residents per household
Density817/ km²about 8.07 km² · Runnymede 1,128
Aged 65+22.3%Runnymede: 17.2% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 363
5–95.6% · 367
10–156.6% · 435
16–193.9% · 255
20–244.5% · 296
25–3410.3% · 681
35–4919.8% · 1,303
50–6421.5% · 1,420
65–7410.6% · 698
75–847.8% · 514
85+3.9% · 258
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.8% · 236
1 car or van35.6% · 954
2 cars or vans38.6% · 1,036
3 or more17.0% · 457
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Runnymede overall: 66.4% owned, 12.9% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright38.8% · 1,041
With mortgage39.2% · 1,052
Shared ownership0.7% · 19
Social rented8.5% · 228
Private rented12.8% · 345
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house34.2% · 918
Semi-detached house36.5% · 980
Terraced house12.2% · 328
Purpose-built flat13.1% · 351
Converted house1.2% · 32
Other conversion1.2% · 32
Above shop / office0.4% · 12
Caravan, mobile1.2% · 32
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012897- Council
- Runnymede Borough Council
- County council
- Surrey Quarter Sessions
- County division
- Addlestone, Foxhills, Thorpe and Virginia Water, Woodham and New Haw
- Constituency
- Runnymede and Weybridge
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 14
Other wards in the same constituency
AAddlestone North14.7% aged 65+ · 65.8% owned6,678AAddlestone South19.6% aged 65+ · 62.4% owned6,440CChertsey Riverside12.2% aged 65+ · 61.7% owned6,086CChertsey St Ann's18.0% aged 65+ · 61.6% owned6,825EEgham Hythe13.7% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned7,203EEgham Town13.3% aged 65+ · 51.6% owned7,312LLongcross, Lyne & Chertsey South19.7% aged 65+ · 71.1% owned4,014NNew Haw17.1% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned7,285TThorpe24.4% aged 65+ · 86.4% owned5,806WWoodham & Rowtown22.9% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned6,044
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.