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Winsley & Westwood ward, Wiltshire

Winsley & Westwood is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,930 residents in 2,111 households — 121 people per km², the 58th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Melksham and Devizes constituency.

Residents, 20214,930council ward average 5,199
Households2,1112.34 residents per household
Density121/ km²about 40.88 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+31.1%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.7% · 181
5–95.2% · 254
10–157.7% · 377
16–193.6% · 176
20–242.7% · 135
25–346.1% · 300
35–4916.8% · 830
50–6423.2% · 1,141
65–7415.8% · 781
75–8410.9% · 538
85+4.4% · 215

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.5% · 201
1 car or van34.9% · 737
2 cars or vans39.0% · 823
3 or more16.6% · 350
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright52.2% · 1,102
With mortgage28.9% · 611
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented8.0% · 169
Private rented10.6% · 224
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house53.5% · 1,130
Semi-detached house27.9% · 589
Terraced house13.2% · 279
Purpose-built flat2.9% · 61
Converted house0.8% · 17
Other conversion0.7% · 15
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.8% · 16
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.