Electoral wardE05013402
Amesbury West ward, Wiltshire
Amesbury West is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,909 residents in 2,637 households — 390 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Wiltshire constituency.
Residents, 20215,909council ward average 5,199
Households2,6372.24 residents per household
Density390/ km²about 15.13 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+25.7%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 15.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.6% · 210
5–95.0% · 296
10–156.6% · 391
16–194.0% · 234
20–245.3% · 315
25–349.9% · 588
35–4917.0% · 1,005
50–6422.9% · 1,353
65–7412.0% · 709
75–849.5% · 564
85+4.1% · 245
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.0% · 502
1 car or van39.7% · 1,048
2 cars or vans29.0% · 765
3 or more12.2% · 323
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright36.4% · 960
With mortgage23.9% · 630
Shared ownership1.2% · 31
Social rented22.9% · 605
Private rented15.4% · 406
Lives rent free0.2% · 5
Type of home
Detached house26.6% · 701
Semi-detached house38.1% · 1,005
Terraced house21.6% · 570
Purpose-built flat9.6% · 253
Converted house0.7% · 19
Other conversion0.5% · 13
Above shop / office1.0% · 27
Caravan, mobile1.9% · 49
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013402- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 53 of 98
Parishes in the ward
Amesbury
Other wards in the same constituency
AAldbourne & Ramsbury25.8% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned5,782AAmesbury East & Bulford9.0% aged 65+ · 40.4% owned6,944AAmesbury South6.3% aged 65+ · 55.6% owned5,534AAvon Valley10.1% aged 65+ · 42.0% owned6,319DDurrington21.7% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned4,703LLudgershall North & Rural21.6% aged 65+ · 59.3% owned5,301MMarlborough East26.4% aged 65+ · 58.9% owned5,236MMarlborough West24.2% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned6,418PPewsey28.2% aged 65+ · 65.8% owned4,877PPewsey Vale East26.2% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned5,469PPewsey Vale West23.9% aged 65+ · 69.2% owned5,079TTidworth East & Ludgershall South5.0% aged 65+ · 32.9% owned7,107TTidworth North & West4.3% aged 65+ · 31.4% owned7,301TTill Valley24.5% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned5,188
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.