Electoral wardE05016303
Walcot ward, Swindon
Walcot is one of 25 electoral wards of Swindon Borough Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,287 residents in 3,260 households — 5,353 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20218,287council ward average 9,725
Households3,2602.54 residents per household
Density5,353/ km²about 1.55 km² · Swindon 1,014
Aged 65+15.3%Swindon: 15.9% · under 16: 22.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 495
5–97.2% · 600
10–159.1% · 754
16–195.6% · 464
20–245.3% · 435
25–3411.8% · 977
35–4920.2% · 1,673
50–6419.6% · 1,620
65–748.0% · 663
75–844.7% · 393
85+2.5% · 210
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van32.4% · 1,053
1 car or van39.8% · 1,294
2 cars or vans21.7% · 706
3 or more6.2% · 202
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swindon overall: 63.7% owned, 15.6% social rented, 19.3% private rented.
Owned outright25.7% · 836
With mortgage23.9% · 777
Shared ownership1.9% · 63
Social rented38.3% · 1,245
Private rented9.9% · 322
Lives rent free0.3% · 10
Type of home
Detached house7.6% · 247
Semi-detached house43.6% · 1,422
Terraced house30.2% · 983
Purpose-built flat17.5% · 572
Converted house0.7% · 23
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016303- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 4 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.