Electoral wardE05016284
Covingham & Nythe ward, Swindon
Covingham & Nythe is one of 25 electoral wards of Swindon Borough Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,530 residents in 3,815 households — 4,468 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20218,530council ward average 9,725
Households3,8152.24 residents per household
Density4,468/ km²about 1.91 km² · Swindon 1,014
Aged 65+25.2%Swindon: 15.9% · under 16: 15.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 361
5–94.9% · 422
10–156.0% · 512
16–193.4% · 289
20–244.4% · 373
25–3411.6% · 993
35–4917.8% · 1,522
50–6422.4% · 1,907
65–7412.9% · 1,100
75–848.8% · 754
85+3.5% · 295
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.8% · 524
1 car or van42.8% · 1,631
2 cars or vans33.4% · 1,272
3 or more10.1% · 383
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swindon overall: 63.7% owned, 15.6% social rented, 19.3% private rented.
Owned outright47.2% · 1,799
With mortgage34.4% · 1,311
Shared ownership0.9% · 33
Social rented4.7% · 180
Private rented12.8% · 489
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house19.0% · 725
Semi-detached house53.1% · 2,025
Terraced house18.3% · 698
Purpose-built flat8.9% · 340
Converted house0.3% · 12
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.3% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016284- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 24
Parishes in the ward
CovinghamNythe, Eldene and LidenStratton St Margaret
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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.