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Laverstock ward, Wiltshire

Laverstock is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,871 residents in 2,378 households — 1,202 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Salisbury constituency.

Residents, 20215,871council ward average 5,199
Households2,3782.47 residents per household
Density1,202/ km²about 4.89 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+21.6%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 288
5–97.2% · 421
10–158.9% · 522
16–194.2% · 249
20–243.9% · 230
25–349.4% · 552
35–4920.1% · 1,178
50–6419.8% · 1,164
65–7410.6% · 621
75–847.3% · 430
85+3.7% · 217

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.0% · 261
1 car or van41.3% · 984
2 cars or vans36.2% · 863
3 or more11.5% · 273
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.5% · 965
With mortgage33.1% · 788
Shared ownership2.4% · 56
Social rented13.7% · 327
Private rented10.1% · 241
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house51.2% · 1,217
Semi-detached house28.4% · 676
Terraced house14.8% · 351
Purpose-built flat5.2% · 123
Converted house0.1% · 3
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.