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Westbury West ward, Wiltshire

Westbury West is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,204 residents in 2,393 households — 2,371 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South West Wiltshire constituency.

Residents, 20216,204council ward average 5,199
Households2,3932.59 residents per household
Density2,371/ km²about 2.62 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+13.9%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 21.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 354
5–97.2% · 446
10–158.8% · 545
16–195.3% · 329
20–245.6% · 346
25–3413.3% · 825
35–4920.4% · 1,268
50–6419.8% · 1,230
65–747.7% · 476
75–844.5% · 277
85+1.7% · 108

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.9% · 284
1 car or van40.8% · 974
2 cars or vans33.8% · 809
3 or more13.5% · 323
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright24.7% · 592
With mortgage36.5% · 874
Shared ownership0.8% · 20
Social rented24.7% · 592
Private rented13.1% · 314

Type of home

Detached house27.6% · 661
Semi-detached house35.9% · 859
Terraced house28.3% · 677
Purpose-built flat6.7% · 161
Converted house0.3% · 6
Other conversion0.9% · 22
Above shop / office0.3% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.