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Electoral wardE05012031

Lightwater ward, Surrey Heath

Lightwater is one of 14 electoral wards of Surrey Heath Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,536 residents in 2,793 households — 1,559 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Surrey Heath constituency; for county elections it is in the Lightwater, West End and Bisley division.

Residents, 20216,536council ward average 6,461
Households2,7932.34 residents per household
Density1,559/ km²about 4.19 km² · Surrey Heath 951
Aged 65+24.7%Surrey Heath: 19.7% · under 16: 15.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.9% · 258
5–94.7% · 306
10–156.5% · 422
16–194.0% · 264
20–244.1% · 271
25–349.3% · 610
35–4918.5% · 1,211
50–6424.2% · 1,580
65–7412.3% · 807
75–848.3% · 545
85+4.0% · 261

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.4% · 206
1 car or van31.5% · 881
2 cars or vans42.0% · 1,174
3 or more19.0% · 532
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Surrey Heath overall: 74.0% owned, 9.6% social rented, 15.4% private rented.

Owned outright46.2% · 1,291
With mortgage37.6% · 1,051
Shared ownership0.3% · 7
Social rented4.3% · 121
Private rented11.6% · 324

Type of home

Detached house57.2% · 1,598
Semi-detached house17.3% · 483
Terraced house13.6% · 379
Purpose-built flat10.0% · 280
Converted house0.5% · 15
Other conversion0.8% · 21
Above shop / office0.5% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012031
County division
Lightwater, West End and Bisley
Constituency
Surrey Heath
Region
South East
Density rank in council
10 of 14

Parishes in the ward

Windlesham

Other wards in the same constituency

BBagshot19.9% aged 65+ · 74.4% owned7,382BBisley & West End16.5% aged 65+ · 81.4% owned10,337FFrimley20.5% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned5,131FFrimley Green19.2% aged 65+ · 75.0% owned6,853HHeatherside20.7% aged 65+ · 85.3% owned7,511MMytchett & Deepcut18.5% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned7,229OOld Dean15.1% aged 65+ · 53.3% owned5,487PParkside22.3% aged 65+ · 85.3% owned5,190SSt Michaels14.8% aged 65+ · 53.5% owned5,998SSt Pauls23.6% aged 65+ · 89.9% owned4,907TTown18.2% aged 65+ · 56.6% owned5,250WWatchetts19.9% aged 65+ · 66.1% owned5,559WWindlesham & Chobham23.2% aged 65+ · 77.3% owned7,087

All 14 wards of Surrey Heath

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.