Electoral wardE05016255
Royal Wootton Bassett South & West ward, Wiltshire
Royal Wootton Bassett South & West is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,722 residents in 2,887 households — 410 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chippenham constituency.
Residents, 20216,722council ward average 5,199
Households2,8872.33 residents per household
Density410/ km²about 16.38 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+21.3%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 330
5–96.2% · 419
10–157.0% · 469
16–194.2% · 285
20–244.4% · 296
25–3411.1% · 747
35–4920.0% · 1,347
50–6420.8% · 1,399
65–7410.4% · 696
75–847.2% · 482
85+3.7% · 252
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.0% · 403
1 car or van38.4% · 1,110
2 cars or vans34.9% · 1,008
3 or more12.7% · 366
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright35.6% · 1,029
With mortgage34.8% · 1,004
Shared ownership2.1% · 62
Social rented11.9% · 345
Private rented15.5% · 449
Type of home
Detached house30.1% · 868
Semi-detached house30.8% · 887
Terraced house20.1% · 581
Purpose-built flat14.1% · 407
Converted house0.7% · 21
Other conversion1.3% · 37
Above shop / office1.2% · 35
Caravan, mobile1.7% · 48
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016255- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 51 of 98
Parishes in the ward
Broad TownRoyal Wootton Bassett
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 v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.