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Ashford Common ward, Spelthorne

Ashford Common is one of 13 electoral wards of Spelthorne Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,354 residents in 3,392 households — 5,429 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Spelthorne constituency; for county elections it is in the Ashford and Sunbury Common and Ashford Common divisions.

Residents, 20218,354council ward average 7,920
Households3,3922.46 residents per household
Density5,429/ km²about 1.54 km² · Spelthorne 2,294
Aged 65+18.8%Spelthorne: 18.0% · under 16: 18.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 469
5–96.0% · 498
10–157.0% · 582
16–193.6% · 304
20–244.7% · 394
25–3413.1% · 1,096
35–4921.0% · 1,750
50–6420.2% · 1,688
65–748.7% · 728
75–847.1% · 594
85+3.0% · 250

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.4% · 420
1 car or van39.9% · 1,352
2 cars or vans32.5% · 1,103
3 or more15.2% · 516
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Spelthorne overall: 68.1% owned, 12.7% social rented, 17.9% private rented.

Owned outright37.7% · 1,280
With mortgage38.4% · 1,302
Shared ownership1.2% · 42
Social rented8.5% · 290
Private rented14.1% · 477
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house20.7% · 701
Semi-detached house42.2% · 1,432
Terraced house17.8% · 604
Purpose-built flat16.6% · 562
Converted house1.4% · 48
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office1.0% · 35
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.