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Stonehouse ward, Stroud

Stonehouse is one of 27 electoral wards of Stroud District Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,066 residents in 3,437 households — 1,634 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stroud constituency; for county elections it is in the Stonehouse division.

Residents, 20218,066council ward average 4,482
Households3,4372.35 residents per household
Density1,634/ km²about 4.94 km² · Stroud 270
Aged 65+21.2%Stroud: 23.3% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 369
5–95.3% · 425
10–157.4% · 594
16–194.7% · 375
20–245.2% · 421
25–3412.5% · 1,007
35–4918.1% · 1,459
50–6421.1% · 1,701
65–7411.7% · 944
75–846.6% · 534
85+2.9% · 231

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.5% · 567
1 car or van38.6% · 1,326
2 cars or vans31.2% · 1,073
3 or more13.7% · 472
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Stroud overall: 72.6% owned, 12.3% social rented, 13.7% private rented.

Owned outright35.8% · 1,230
With mortgage30.7% · 1,054
Shared ownership1.3% · 44
Social rented17.8% · 613
Private rented14.2% · 489
Lives rent free0.2% · 6

Type of home

Detached house22.9% · 787
Semi-detached house39.4% · 1,354
Terraced house25.4% · 874
Purpose-built flat9.2% · 317
Converted house1.2% · 42
Other conversion0.8% · 27
Above shop / office1.0% · 35
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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.