Electoral wardE05016292
Parks ward, Swindon
Parks is one of 25 electoral wards of Swindon Borough Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,494 residents in 4,106 households — 6,116 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202110,494council ward average 9,725
Households4,1062.56 residents per household
Density6,116/ km²about 1.72 km² · Swindon 1,014
Aged 65+14.5%Swindon: 15.9% · under 16: 23.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 724
5–97.6% · 798
10–158.6% · 907
16–194.7% · 492
20–245.2% · 545
25–3414.2% · 1,486
35–4919.3% · 2,021
50–6419.1% · 2,001
65–747.8% · 820
75–844.6% · 487
85+2.0% · 214
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van33.8% · 1,389
1 car or van41.5% · 1,705
2 cars or vans18.1% · 745
3 or more6.5% · 267
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swindon overall: 63.7% owned, 15.6% social rented, 19.3% private rented.
Owned outright18.5% · 759
With mortgage24.2% · 992
Shared ownership1.1% · 46
Social rented44.4% · 1,822
Private rented11.2% · 458
Lives rent free0.6% · 26
Type of home
Detached house2.8% · 115
Semi-detached house24.1% · 988
Terraced house49.9% · 2,050
Purpose-built flat22.6% · 930
Converted house0.3% · 12
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016292- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 24
Parishes in the ward
South Swindon
Council offices in this ward
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.