Electoral wardE05013460
Royal Wootton Bassett North ward, Wiltshire
Royal Wootton Bassett North is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,432 residents in 2,397 households — 1,586 people per km², the 35th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chippenham constituency.
Residents, 20215,432council ward average 5,199
Households2,3972.27 residents per household
Density1,586/ km²about 3.42 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+25.6%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 16.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 230
5–95.5% · 298
10–156.4% · 346
16–194.2% · 226
20–244.6% · 250
25–3411.3% · 615
35–4917.9% · 969
50–6420.3% · 1,101
65–7413.1% · 710
75–848.7% · 470
85+3.9% · 212
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.6% · 445
1 car or van42.8% · 1,027
2 cars or vans28.0% · 672
3 or more10.6% · 253
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright37.9% · 909
With mortgage25.7% · 616
Shared ownership0.7% · 17
Social rented19.4% · 465
Private rented16.2% · 388
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house15.5% · 371
Semi-detached house41.2% · 988
Terraced house26.7% · 641
Purpose-built flat14.4% · 345
Converted house0.7% · 16
Other conversion0.3% · 6
Above shop / office1.1% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013460- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 35 of 98
Parishes in the ward
Royal 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.