Electoral wardE05013457
Purton ward, Wiltshire
Purton is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,855 residents in 2,662 households — 200 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Cotswolds constituency.
Residents, 20216,855council ward average 5,199
Households2,6622.58 residents per household
Density200/ km²about 34.22 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+17.2%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 21.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 445
5–97.4% · 509
10–158.0% · 549
16–193.6% · 247
20–244.6% · 313
25–3412.9% · 884
35–4921.4% · 1,468
50–6418.4% · 1,259
65–748.5% · 580
75–845.8% · 398
85+3.0% · 203
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.2% · 218
1 car or van34.4% · 915
2 cars or vans40.9% · 1,090
3 or more16.5% · 439
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright32.6% · 869
With mortgage42.2% · 1,124
Shared ownership2.3% · 62
Social rented12.2% · 325
Private rented10.6% · 281
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house42.7% · 1,136
Semi-detached house35.0% · 932
Terraced house14.0% · 373
Purpose-built flat6.3% · 169
Converted house0.8% · 20
Other conversion0.6% · 16
Above shop / office0.4% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013457- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 61 of 98
Parishes in the ward
BraydonPurton
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrinkworth26.4% aged 65+ · 81.4% owned4,686BBy Brook23.2% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned4,617CCalne Rural23.3% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned5,243CCricklade & Latton26.1% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned5,036KKington23.5% aged 65+ · 78.3% owned5,145MMalmesbury20.0% aged 65+ · 62.4% owned5,968MMinety25.9% aged 65+ · 79.4% owned4,923SSherston25.2% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned5,120
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.