Electoral wardE05013459
Royal Wootton Bassett East ward, Wiltshire
Royal Wootton Bassett East is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,315 residents in 2,178 households — 222 people per km², the 41st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chippenham constituency.
Residents, 20215,315council ward average 5,199
Households2,1782.44 residents per household
Density222/ km²about 23.92 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+22.9%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 233
5–95.6% · 296
10–157.4% · 392
16–193.6% · 193
20–243.7% · 198
25–349.4% · 498
35–4918.1% · 961
50–6425.0% · 1,326
65–7412.6% · 668
75–848.0% · 427
85+2.3% · 121
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.0% · 131
1 car or van33.7% · 734
2 cars or vans42.5% · 925
3 or more17.8% · 388
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright47.1% · 1,027
With mortgage37.5% · 817
Shared ownership0.7% · 16
Social rented4.0% · 88
Private rented10.6% · 232
Type of home
Detached house62.0% · 1,350
Semi-detached house24.6% · 536
Terraced house7.3% · 160
Purpose-built flat2.7% · 59
Converted house0.3% · 6
Other conversion0.5% · 10
Above shop / office0.3% · 6
Caravan, mobile2.3% · 50
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013459- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 60 of 98
Parishes in the ward
Lydiard MillicentLydiard TregozeRoyal Wootton Bassett
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrinkworth26.4% aged 65+ · 81.4% owned4,686CCalne Central22.8% aged 65+ · 65.6% owned4,450CCalne Chilvester & Abberd17.1% aged 65+ · 60.5% owned6,002CCalne North13.7% aged 65+ · 62.9% owned5,113CCalne Rural23.3% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned5,243CChippenham Cepen Park & Derriads17.1% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned5,421CChippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon18.8% aged 65+ · 80.7% owned4,499CChippenham Hardenhuish15.5% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned4,706CChippenham Hardens & Central17.0% aged 65+ · 58.5% owned3,954CChippenham Lowden & Rowden18.8% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned3,665CChippenham Monkton28.1% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned2,789CChippenham Pewsham13.7% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned5,380CChippenham Sheldon18.5% aged 65+ · 55.5% owned5,393CCorsham Ladbrook26.3% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned5,767
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.