Electoral wardE05016297
Rodbourne Ferndale & Western ward, Swindon
Rodbourne Ferndale & Western is one of 25 electoral wards of Swindon Borough Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,748 residents in 5,346 households — 2,541 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202112,748council ward average 9,725
Households5,3462.38 residents per household
Density2,541/ km²about 5.02 km² · Swindon 1,014
Aged 65+12.1%Swindon: 15.9% · under 16: 19.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 777
5–96.5% · 828
10–156.8% · 869
16–193.5% · 446
20–245.4% · 684
25–3418.0% · 2,297
35–4923.8% · 3,029
50–6417.8% · 2,272
65–746.9% · 883
75–843.8% · 478
85+1.4% · 178
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.5% · 1,200
1 car or van47.1% · 2,516
2 cars or vans23.4% · 1,252
3 or more7.1% · 377
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swindon overall: 63.7% owned, 15.6% social rented, 19.3% private rented.
Owned outright23.7% · 1,269
With mortgage36.7% · 1,963
Shared ownership0.6% · 32
Social rented5.9% · 313
Private rented33.1% · 1,770
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house6.0% · 321
Semi-detached house17.8% · 955
Terraced house50.7% · 2,715
Purpose-built flat21.5% · 1,153
Converted house2.2% · 119
Other conversion0.8% · 45
Above shop / office0.7% · 36
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016297- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 16 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.