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Electoral wardE05012127

Thornbury ward, South Gloucestershire

Thornbury is one of 28 electoral wards of South Gloucestershire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,487 residents in 6,108 households — 858 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Thornbury and Yate constituency.

Residents, 202114,487council ward average 10,372
Households6,1082.37 residents per household
Density858/ km²about 16.88 km² · South Gloucestershire 584
Aged 65+23.3%South Gloucestershire: 18.7% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 874
5–95.7% · 824
10–157.4% · 1,067
16–193.7% · 530
20–244.4% · 631
25–3412.4% · 1,796
35–4918.4% · 2,661
50–6418.9% · 2,731
65–7411.4% · 1,651
75–848.5% · 1,234
85+3.4% · 486

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.8% · 723
1 car or van38.9% · 2,379
2 cars or vans37.1% · 2,264
3 or more12.1% · 742
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; South Gloucestershire overall: 72.4% owned, 10.8% social rented, 15.7% private rented.

Owned outright42.5% · 2,595
With mortgage33.9% · 2,071
Shared ownership0.9% · 57
Social rented11.4% · 699
Private rented11.2% · 684
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house33.2% · 2,031
Semi-detached house34.1% · 2,081
Terraced house20.6% · 1,260
Purpose-built flat10.2% · 624
Converted house0.5% · 33
Other conversion0.5% · 33
Above shop / office0.6% · 37
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 10
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.