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Electoral wardE05013444

Marlborough West ward, Wiltshire

Marlborough West is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,418 residents in 2,452 households — 81 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Wiltshire constituency.

Residents, 20216,418council ward average 5,199
Households2,4522.62 residents per household
Density81/ km²about 79.43 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+24.2%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.0% · 191
5–94.0% · 254
10–1512.9% · 827
16–1911.3% · 728
20–243.3% · 212
25–346.7% · 432
35–4913.9% · 890
50–6420.8% · 1,333
65–7411.8% · 760
75–848.2% · 525
85+4.1% · 265

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.7% · 311
1 car or van42.5% · 1,042
2 cars or vans30.6% · 750
3 or more14.2% · 348
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.6% · 1,095
With mortgage21.4% · 525
Shared ownership1.1% · 27
Social rented11.8% · 289
Private rented21.0% · 515
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house42.8% · 1,050
Semi-detached house22.9% · 562
Terraced house19.4% · 476
Purpose-built flat8.9% · 219
Converted house1.7% · 41
Other conversion1.3% · 32
Above shop / office1.9% · 47
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 25
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.