Electoral wardE05016281
Blunsdon ward, Swindon
Blunsdon is one of 25 electoral wards of Swindon Borough Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 3,266 residents in 1,319 households — 88 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20213,266council ward average 9,725
Households1,3192.48 residents per household
Density88/ km²about 36.99 km² · Swindon 1,014
Aged 65+24.5%Swindon: 15.9% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 146
5–95.0% · 162
10–156.6% · 215
16–193.7% · 122
20–243.8% · 125
25–348.7% · 283
35–4917.7% · 576
50–6425.5% · 833
65–7413.5% · 442
75–848.0% · 261
85+3.0% · 97
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.0% · 105
1 car or van30.5% · 402
2 cars or vans40.9% · 539
3 or more20.7% · 273
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swindon overall: 63.7% owned, 15.6% social rented, 19.3% private rented.
Owned outright43.1% · 569
With mortgage35.5% · 468
Shared ownership1.1% · 14
Social rented10.1% · 133
Private rented10.1% · 133
Lives rent free0.2% · 2
Type of home
Detached house57.8% · 763
Semi-detached house27.9% · 368
Terraced house11.8% · 156
Purpose-built flat1.4% · 19
Converted house0.4% · 5
Other conversion0.3% · 4
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016281- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 24 of 24
Parishes in the ward
BlunsdonCastle EatonHanningtonStanton Fitzwarren
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.