Electoral wardE05016304
Wroughton & Wichelstowe ward, Swindon
Wroughton & Wichelstowe is one of 25 electoral wards of Swindon Borough Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,793 residents in 3,774 households — 212 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20218,793council ward average 9,725
Households3,7742.33 residents per household
Density212/ km²about 41.54 km² · Swindon 1,014
Aged 65+26.5%Swindon: 15.9% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 384
5–95.5% · 487
10–157.1% · 623
16–193.8% · 333
20–244.2% · 370
25–348.7% · 761
35–4918.2% · 1,599
50–6421.7% · 1,905
65–7412.3% · 1,079
75–849.6% · 847
85+4.6% · 408
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.8% · 482
1 car or van41.7% · 1,574
2 cars or vans33.2% · 1,255
3 or more12.3% · 464
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Swindon overall: 63.7% owned, 15.6% social rented, 19.3% private rented.
Owned outright43.6% · 1,645
With mortgage31.8% · 1,201
Shared ownership0.9% · 35
Social rented13.7% · 516
Private rented10.0% · 378
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house24.6% · 930
Semi-detached house49.3% · 1,861
Terraced house15.3% · 579
Purpose-built flat7.2% · 270
Converted house0.5% · 20
Other conversion0.3% · 12
Above shop / office0.5% · 20
Caravan, mobile2.2% · 83
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016304- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 22 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Wroughton
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.