Electoral wardE05016285
Gorse Hill ward, Swindon
Gorse Hill is one of 25 electoral wards of Swindon Borough Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 3,918 residents in 1,557 households — 2,771 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20213,918council ward average 9,725
Households1,5572.52 residents per household
Density2,771/ km²about 1.41 km² · Swindon 1,014
Aged 65+12.1%Swindon: 15.9% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 253
5–95.7% · 225
10–156.5% · 253
16–194.2% · 166
20–245.3% · 208
25–3417.8% · 697
35–4923.3% · 913
50–6418.7% · 732
65–746.9% · 269
75–843.7% · 147
85+1.5% · 58
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.9% · 465
1 car or van44.3% · 688
2 cars or vans19.4% · 302
3 or more6.3% · 98
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swindon overall: 63.7% owned, 15.6% social rented, 19.3% private rented.
Owned outright22.2% · 345
With mortgage33.3% · 517
Shared ownership0.3% · 5
Social rented14.1% · 219
Private rented29.7% · 462
Lives rent free0.4% · 6
Type of home
Detached house3.9% · 60
Semi-detached house12.0% · 186
Terraced house61.1% · 948
Purpose-built flat15.1% · 234
Converted house3.7% · 58
Other conversion1.2% · 18
Above shop / office2.9% · 45
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016285- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Central Swindon North
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.