Electoral wardE05016287
Highworth ward, Swindon
Highworth is one of 25 electoral wards of Swindon Borough Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,368 residents in 3,747 households — 268 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20218,368council ward average 9,725
Households3,7472.23 residents per household
Density268/ km²about 31.18 km² · Swindon 1,014
Aged 65+27.2%Swindon: 15.9% · under 16: 15.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 316
5–95.4% · 448
10–156.4% · 539
16–193.6% · 302
20–244.6% · 381
25–349.4% · 785
35–4917.8% · 1,489
50–6421.9% · 1,835
65–7414.9% · 1,247
75–848.8% · 740
85+3.5% · 290
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.6% · 545
1 car or van39.6% · 1,482
2 cars or vans33.3% · 1,248
3 or more12.5% · 468
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swindon overall: 63.7% owned, 15.6% social rented, 19.3% private rented.
Owned outright42.0% · 1,574
With mortgage30.2% · 1,131
Shared ownership0.5% · 17
Social rented14.3% · 535
Private rented12.9% · 485
Lives rent free0.2% · 6
Type of home
Detached house33.7% · 1,261
Semi-detached house28.1% · 1,051
Terraced house26.6% · 994
Purpose-built flat9.4% · 353
Converted house1.0% · 38
Other conversion0.6% · 23
Above shop / office0.6% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016287- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 24
Parishes in the ward
HighworthInglesham
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.