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Electoral wardE05016301

St Andrews West & Tadpole ward, Swindon

St Andrews West & Tadpole is one of 25 electoral wards of Swindon Borough Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,783 residents in 4,014 households — 1,256 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202110,783council ward average 9,725
Households4,0142.69 residents per household
Density1,256/ km²about 8.59 km² · Swindon 1,014
Aged 65+3.8%Swindon: 15.9% · under 16: 28.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–49.0% · 974
5–99.4% · 1,013
10–1510.2% · 1,102
16–193.8% · 407
20–245.5% · 590
25–3418.1% · 1,946
35–4928.0% · 3,014
50–6412.3% · 1,323
65–742.4% · 262
75–841.0% · 112
85+0.3% · 37

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.3% · 294
1 car or van40.4% · 1,622
2 cars or vans42.7% · 1,712
3 or more9.6% · 384
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Swindon overall: 63.7% owned, 15.6% social rented, 19.3% private rented.

Owned outright10.8% · 432
With mortgage52.7% · 2,115
Shared ownership5.6% · 226
Social rented10.4% · 416
Private rented20.4% · 820
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house25.3% · 1,014
Semi-detached house28.9% · 1,161
Terraced house22.8% · 915
Purpose-built flat22.3% · 897
Converted house0.3% · 11
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.2% · 10
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016301
Region
South West
Density rank in council
20 of 24

Parishes in the ward

St Andrews

All 25 wards of 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.