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Electoral wardE05015141
Welford-on-Avon ward, Stratford-on-Avon
Welford-on-Avon is one of 39 electoral wards of Stratford-on-Avon District Council, in Warwickshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,044 residents in 2,125 households — 88 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stratford-on-Avon constituency; for county elections it is in the Alcester and Bidford & Welford divisions.
Residents, 20215,044council ward average 3,454
Households2,1252.37 residents per household
Density88/ km²about 57.58 km² · Stratford-on-Avon 138
Aged 65+29.3%Stratford-on-Avon: 25.2% · under 16: 15.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 191
5–94.6% · 231
10–157.2% · 362
16–193.6% · 179
20–243.3% · 167
25–347.3% · 370
35–4916.6% · 838
50–6424.4% · 1,227
65–7414.2% · 716
75–8411.4% · 573
85+3.7% · 185
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.4% · 136
1 car or van32.7% · 694
2 cars or vans39.9% · 845
3 or more21.0% · 445
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Stratford-on-Avon overall: 70.9% owned, 13.3% social rented, 14.1% private rented.
Owned outright49.6% · 1,055
With mortgage31.0% · 660
Shared ownership1.2% · 26
Social rented7.4% · 158
Private rented10.7% · 227
Type of home
Detached house53.4% · 1,134
Semi-detached house25.9% · 550
Terraced house10.5% · 224
Purpose-built flat1.5% · 31
Converted house1.0% · 21
Other conversion0.7% · 14
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile7.0% · 148
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015141- County council
- Warwickshire County Council
- County division
- Alcester, Bidford & Welford
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 31 of 39
Parishes in the ward
BintonDorsingtonLuddingtonWelford-on-AvonWeston-on-Avon
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlcester East30.1% aged 65+ · 53.5% owned2,860AAlcester West28.9% aged 65+ · 71.1% owned3,009BBidford East18.6% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned4,910BBidford West27.0% aged 65+ · 78.8% owned2,070BBrailes & Compton31.1% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned4,340CClaverdon & Snitterfield29.2% aged 65+ · 82.1% owned3,578HHenley-in-Arden29.6% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned3,229KKinwarton32.1% aged 65+ · 80.2% owned4,261LLong Marston4.5% aged 65+ · 55.3% owned1,821QQuinton22.1% aged 65+ · 67.5% owned2,897SSalford Priors & Alcester Rural26.4% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned1,746SShipston North29.6% aged 65+ · 59.6% owned3,418SShipston South24.4% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned2,433SStratford Avenue12.5% aged 65+ · 44.6% owned4,145
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.