Electoral wardE05016243
Westbury East ward, Wiltshire
Westbury East is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 3,466 residents in 1,495 households — 332 people per km², the 97th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South West Wiltshire constituency.
Residents, 20213,466council ward average 5,199
Households1,4952.32 residents per household
Density332/ km²about 10.43 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+25.6%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 15.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 165
5–95.1% · 177
10–155.5% · 191
16–194.0% · 139
20–244.4% · 152
25–3412.1% · 419
35–4917.5% · 606
50–6421.0% · 728
65–7413.2% · 456
75–848.8% · 306
85+3.6% · 126
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.8% · 132
1 car or van40.5% · 606
2 cars or vans35.9% · 536
3 or more14.8% · 221
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright44.1% · 659
With mortgage39.5% · 590
Shared ownership1.2% · 18
Social rented3.4% · 51
Private rented11.7% · 175
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house51.6% · 771
Semi-detached house28.3% · 423
Terraced house17.9% · 268
Purpose-built flat1.1% · 16
Converted house0.3% · 4
Other conversion0.5% · 8
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016243- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 55 of 98
Parishes in the ward
Westbury
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% owned4,440SSouthwick27.0% aged 65+ · 81.6% owned3,916TTrowbridge 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% owned5,744
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.