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Electoral wardE05007373

Sunbury Common ward, Spelthorne

Sunbury Common is one of 13 electoral wards of Spelthorne Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,513 residents in 3,258 households — 4,883 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Spelthorne constituency; for county elections it is in the Sunbury Common and Ashford Common division.

Residents, 20218,513council ward average 7,920
Households3,2582.61 residents per household
Density4,883/ km²about 1.74 km² · Spelthorne 2,294
Aged 65+13.7%Spelthorne: 18.0% · under 16: 21.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.4% · 549
5–97.1% · 601
10–158.2% · 699
16–194.4% · 378
20–245.3% · 448
25–3414.9% · 1,272
35–4922.0% · 1,876
50–6417.9% · 1,522
65–747.5% · 635
75–844.3% · 368
85+1.9% · 166

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.7% · 577
1 car or van42.4% · 1,383
2 cars or vans29.1% · 948
3 or more10.7% · 350
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright24.1% · 785
With mortgage32.9% · 1,071
Shared ownership1.9% · 63
Social rented22.6% · 735
Private rented18.3% · 596
Lives rent free0.2% · 5

Type of home

Detached house7.0% · 228
Semi-detached house30.8% · 1,004
Terraced house30.8% · 1,005
Purpose-built flat28.2% · 919
Converted house1.3% · 42
Other conversion0.6% · 20
Above shop / office1.2% · 38
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.