Electoral wardE05016258
Southwick ward, Wiltshire
Southwick is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 3,916 residents in 1,635 households — 186 people per km², the 93rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South West Wiltshire constituency.
Residents, 20213,916council ward average 5,199
Households1,6352.4 residents per household
Density186/ km²about 21.02 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+27.0%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 173
5–95.7% · 224
10–157.2% · 283
16–193.9% · 151
20–243.9% · 154
25–349.7% · 381
35–4916.7% · 653
50–6421.5% · 842
65–7414.3% · 562
75–849.3% · 366
85+3.3% · 130
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.3% · 135
1 car or van35.9% · 587
2 cars or vans38.5% · 628
3 or more17.3% · 283
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright49.2% · 804
With mortgage32.4% · 530
Shared ownership0.6% · 10
Social rented6.4% · 104
Private rented11.4% · 187
Type of home
Detached house45.4% · 743
Semi-detached house33.8% · 554
Terraced house15.9% · 261
Purpose-built flat2.7% · 45
Converted house0.7% · 11
Other conversion0.5% · 9
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016258- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 62 of 98
Parishes in the ward
North BradleySouthwickWest Ashton
Other wards in the same constituency
EEthandune29.7% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned5,028HHilperton20.3% aged 65+ · 75.9% owned4,686MMere33.9% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned4,440TTrowbridge Adcroft23.1% aged 65+ · 58.3% owned6,067TTrowbridge Central17.1% aged 65+ · 55.3% owned5,687TTrowbridge Drynham17.9% aged 65+ · 66.2% owned5,638TTrowbridge Grove23.4% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned4,106TTrowbridge Lambrok21.4% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned5,427TTrowbridge Park18.0% aged 65+ · 65.7% owned4,333TTrowbridge Paxcroft9.1% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned5,597WWarminster Broadway30.5% aged 65+ · 77.9% owned4,832WWarminster East26.8% aged 65+ · 61.1% owned5,262WWarminster North & Rural21.0% aged 65+ · 55.9% owned5,744WWarminster West20.4% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned4,693
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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.