Electoral wardE05016289
Lower Stratton ward, Swindon
Lower Stratton is one of 25 electoral wards of Swindon Borough Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,071 residents in 5,254 households — 1,770 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202112,071council ward average 9,725
Households5,2542.3 residents per household
Density1,770/ km²about 6.82 km² · Swindon 1,014
Aged 65+22.0%Swindon: 15.9% · under 16: 15.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 584
5–95.0% · 609
10–155.9% · 713
16–193.8% · 459
20–245.0% · 599
25–3412.7% · 1,534
35–4918.0% · 2,168
50–6422.7% · 2,746
65–7410.6% · 1,284
75–848.0% · 965
85+3.4% · 411
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.7% · 773
1 car or van40.0% · 2,101
2 cars or vans32.9% · 1,731
3 or more12.4% · 652
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swindon overall: 63.7% owned, 15.6% social rented, 19.3% private rented.
Owned outright41.6% · 2,189
With mortgage35.7% · 1,876
Shared ownership1.1% · 58
Social rented7.9% · 418
Private rented13.5% · 709
Lives rent free0.2% · 8
Type of home
Detached house24.3% · 1,276
Semi-detached house47.1% · 2,475
Terraced house14.8% · 778
Purpose-built flat11.6% · 607
Converted house0.9% · 48
Other conversion0.2% · 13
Above shop / office0.4% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 36
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016289- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 19 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Stratton 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.