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Warminster West ward, Wiltshire

Warminster West is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,693 residents in 2,027 households — 1,634 people per km², the 73rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South West Wiltshire constituency.

Residents, 20214,693council ward average 5,199
Households2,0272.32 residents per household
Density1,634/ km²about 2.87 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+20.4%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 218
5–95.4% · 255
10–157.8% · 364
16–194.6% · 216
20–245.5% · 260
25–3411.1% · 522
35–4919.0% · 890
50–6421.5% · 1,009
65–7410.9% · 509
75–847.0% · 327
85+2.6% · 121

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.2% · 328
1 car or van40.7% · 826
2 cars or vans32.0% · 649
3 or more11.2% · 227
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.

Owned outright34.9% · 707
With mortgage32.7% · 663
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented15.6% · 315
Private rented16.5% · 335

Type of home

Detached house26.9% · 545
Semi-detached house33.0% · 669
Terraced house31.4% · 636
Purpose-built flat7.0% · 142
Converted house1.1% · 22
Other conversion0.5% · 10
Above shop / office0.1% · 3
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.