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Wilton ward, Wiltshire

Wilton is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,696 residents in 2,210 households — 285 people per km², the 71st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Salisbury constituency.

Residents, 20214,696council ward average 5,199
Households2,2102.12 residents per household
Density285/ km²about 16.46 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+25.2%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 255
5–95.5% · 260
10–155.8% · 273
16–192.9% · 138
20–243.5% · 166
25–3411.7% · 548
35–4919.7% · 926
50–6420.2% · 948
65–7411.9% · 559
75–848.9% · 417
85+4.4% · 206

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.2% · 425
1 car or van41.4% · 916
2 cars or vans30.5% · 674
3 or more8.8% · 195
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright34.4% · 760
With mortgage26.8% · 593
Shared ownership1.2% · 27
Social rented17.4% · 385
Private rented20.1% · 444
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house26.4% · 584
Semi-detached house22.9% · 507
Terraced house27.9% · 616
Purpose-built flat18.0% · 398
Converted house1.4% · 32
Other conversion1.9% · 43
Above shop / office1.3% · 29
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.