Electoral wardE05016291
Old Town & Lawn ward, Swindon
Old Town & Lawn is one of 25 electoral wards of Swindon Borough Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,108 residents in 5,570 households — 1,950 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202113,108council ward average 9,725
Households5,5702.35 residents per household
Density1,950/ km²about 6.72 km² · Swindon 1,014
Aged 65+19.3%Swindon: 15.9% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 701
5–96.0% · 781
10–157.3% · 957
16–193.9% · 512
20–244.5% · 589
25–3412.9% · 1,686
35–4921.5% · 2,817
50–6419.3% · 2,533
65–749.7% · 1,268
75–846.0% · 791
85+3.6% · 466
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.4% · 859
1 car or van43.4% · 2,421
2 cars or vans32.4% · 1,808
3 or more8.7% · 487
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swindon overall: 63.7% owned, 15.6% social rented, 19.3% private rented.
Owned outright36.5% · 2,033
With mortgage35.4% · 1,972
Shared ownership2.2% · 125
Social rented7.3% · 406
Private rented18.5% · 1,031
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house27.6% · 1,537
Semi-detached house31.8% · 1,773
Terraced house18.6% · 1,033
Purpose-built flat18.6% · 1,037
Converted house1.6% · 91
Other conversion0.9% · 50
Above shop / office0.8% · 46
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016291- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 24
Parishes in the ward
South Swindon
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.