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Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley ward, Wiltshire

Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,518 residents in 2,509 households — 381 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Salisbury constituency.

Residents, 20216,518council ward average 5,199
Households2,5092.6 residents per household
Density381/ km²about 17.13 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+13.9%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 24.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.7% · 500
5–98.5% · 556
10–157.9% · 517
16–194.2% · 271
20–244.2% · 273
25–3415.1% · 987
35–4922.0% · 1,431
50–6416.6% · 1,080
65–747.3% · 474
75–844.2% · 274
85+2.4% · 155

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.7% · 219
1 car or van36.5% · 917
2 cars or vans40.4% · 1,014
3 or more14.4% · 361
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright26.1% · 654
With mortgage34.1% · 854
Shared ownership6.8% · 170
Social rented18.2% · 457
Private rented14.8% · 372
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house42.2% · 1,059
Semi-detached house29.7% · 744
Terraced house14.5% · 365
Purpose-built flat12.6% · 317
Converted house0.3% · 7
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.1% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 8
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.