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Electoral wardE05013403

Avon Valley ward, Wiltshire

Avon Valley is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,319 residents in 2,097 households — 63 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Wiltshire constituency.

Residents, 20216,319council ward average 5,199
Households2,0973.01 residents per household
Density63/ km²about 100.62 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+10.1%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 23.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–48.7% · 550
5–97.7% · 486
10–156.6% · 420
16–194.7% · 295
20–246.9% · 433
25–3422.3% · 1,412
35–4919.8% · 1,249
50–6413.3% · 839
65–745.7% · 359
75–843.4% · 216
85+1.0% · 61

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van5.8% · 122
1 car or van41.2% · 864
2 cars or vans40.3% · 846
3 or more12.6% · 265
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.

Owned outright21.9% · 459
With mortgage20.1% · 421
Shared ownership0.4% · 8
Social rented12.3% · 257
Private rented45.4% · 952

Type of home

Detached house28.6% · 600
Semi-detached house40.2% · 843
Terraced house21.7% · 456
Purpose-built flat6.7% · 140
Converted house0.6% · 13
Other conversion0.4% · 9
Above shop / office0.7% · 15
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 21
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.