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Electoral wardE05007365

Ashford Town ward, Spelthorne

Ashford Town is one of 13 electoral wards of Spelthorne Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,656 residents in 2,968 households — 4,964 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Spelthorne constituency; for county elections it is in the Ashford and Staines South and Ashford West divisions.

Residents, 20217,656council ward average 7,920
Households2,9682.58 residents per household
Density4,964/ km²about 1.54 km² · Spelthorne 2,294
Aged 65+17.5%Spelthorne: 18.0% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 449
5–95.9% · 454
10–156.1% · 468
16–193.7% · 280
20–245.2% · 401
25–3413.4% · 1,028
35–4922.7% · 1,741
50–6419.5% · 1,492
65–749.5% · 724
75–845.5% · 418
85+2.6% · 201

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.5% · 402
1 car or van42.0% · 1,248
2 cars or vans31.5% · 935
3 or more12.9% · 383
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.9% · 1,096
With mortgage39.8% · 1,180
Shared ownership1.0% · 29
Social rented4.4% · 132
Private rented17.9% · 530
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house23.4% · 694
Semi-detached house39.7% · 1,178
Terraced house13.3% · 394
Purpose-built flat17.0% · 505
Converted house2.9% · 85
Other conversion1.2% · 35
Above shop / office2.6% · 76
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.