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Waverley Borough Council

Local authority area: Waverley

Waverley is a district council in Surrey, in the South East England region of England. It covers 345.2 km² and had 130,063 residents in 2022 — about 377 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Godalming.

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Town hall in the administrative centreCouncil Offices, Farnham, Godalming

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Waverley, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022130,063+6.7% since 2012

Land area345.2km²133.3 sq mi

Density377/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#241of 382 UK councils · #204 in England

Population estimates4 data points

121.9K123.3K125.6K130.1K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
Waverley became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Surrey

All councils in South East

Reigate and Banstead153,629 Guildford145,673 Elmbridge140,024 Woking104,179 Spelthorne103,551 Surrey Heath91,237 Tandridge88,707 Runnymede88,524 Mole Valley87,769 Epsom and Ewell81,184

Elections

24 electoral wards

Census 2021: 128,221 residents in 52,444 households across the wards; 21.8% aged 65+, 71.7% of homes owned, 11.2% of households without a car.

1Bramley & Wonersh4,074 households · 21.7% aged 65+10,171 2Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse3,351 households · 18.3% aged 65+8,541 3Farnham Firgrove2,911 households · 17.4% aged 65+7,379 4Milford & Witley2,811 households · 21.2% aged 65+6,960 5Haslemere East2,837 households · 23.2% aged 65+6,763 6Cranleigh East2,904 households · 26.8% aged 65+6,761

All wards of Waverley

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

TGodalming Town CouncilTown council · Godalming GU7 1AQ · hours listed PChiddingford Parish CouncilParish council · Godalming GU8 4TU · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Godalming and Ash · 13 wards Farnham and Bordon · 12 wards Dorking and Horley · 1 ward

Source: Wikidata Q2116521 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.