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Electoral wardE05012038

Watchetts ward, Surrey Heath

Watchetts is one of 14 electoral wards of Surrey Heath Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,559 residents in 2,128 households — 2,444 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Surrey Heath constituency; for county elections it is in the Camberley East and Camberley West divisions.

Residents, 20215,559council ward average 6,461
Households2,1282.61 residents per household
Density2,444/ km²about 2.27 km² · Surrey Heath 951
Aged 65+19.9%Surrey Heath: 19.7% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 260
5–95.2% · 287
10–157.1% · 392
16–194.0% · 224
20–245.4% · 300
25–3413.1% · 730
35–4919.7% · 1,096
50–6420.9% · 1,163
65–7410.4% · 576
75–846.4% · 357
85+3.1% · 173

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.2% · 280
1 car or van34.9% · 743
2 cars or vans33.9% · 721
3 or more18.0% · 384
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright31.5% · 669
With mortgage34.6% · 737
Shared ownership0.4% · 9
Social rented16.1% · 342
Private rented17.3% · 367
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house37.7% · 802
Semi-detached house31.9% · 678
Terraced house8.0% · 171
Purpose-built flat18.3% · 389
Converted house2.5% · 53
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office1.2% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012038
County division
Camberley East, Camberley West
Constituency
Surrey Heath
Region
South East
Density rank in council
6 of 14

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% owned7,511LLightwater24.7% aged 65+ · 83.8% owned6,536MMytchett & 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% owned5,250WWindlesham & 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.