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Electoral wardE05010997

Bishop's Waltham ward, Winchester

Bishop's Waltham is one of 16 electoral wards of Winchester City Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,979 residents in 3,565 households — 267 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Winchester constituency; for county elections it is in the Bishops Waltham division.

Residents, 20217,979council ward average 7,966
Households3,5652.24 residents per household
Density267/ km²about 29.91 km² · Winchester 193
Aged 65+27.1%Winchester: 20.9% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 392
5–95.5% · 441
10–156.0% · 476
16–193.6% · 290
20–244.2% · 332
25–349.9% · 789
35–4917.3% · 1,379
50–6421.5% · 1,714
65–7414.1% · 1,122
75–849.6% · 763
85+3.5% · 281

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.4% · 370
1 car or van38.9% · 1,388
2 cars or vans36.1% · 1,288
3 or more14.6% · 519
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Winchester overall: 65.6% owned, 15.3% social rented, 17.6% private rented.

Owned outright42.2% · 1,503
With mortgage30.2% · 1,077
Shared ownership0.7% · 25
Social rented13.3% · 475
Private rented13.5% · 480
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house35.7% · 1,273
Semi-detached house24.5% · 873
Terraced house24.2% · 861
Purpose-built flat11.8% · 420
Converted house1.3% · 48
Other conversion1.1% · 40
Above shop / office0.9% · 32
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 18
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010997
County division
Bishops Waltham
Constituency
Winchester
Region
South East
Density rank in council
9 of 16

Parishes in the ward

Bishops WalthamDurley

Other wards in the same constituency

AAlresford and Itchen Valley30.1% aged 65+ · 72.0% owned8,687BBadger Farm and Oliver's Battery23.7% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned8,272CCentral Meon Valley23.6% aged 65+ · 79.5% owned9,644CColden Common and Twyford22.2% aged 65+ · 74.9% owned5,993SSt Barnabas24.5% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned9,105SSt Bartholomew17.0% aged 65+ · 44.5% owned9,301SSt Luke11.9% aged 65+ · 30.8% owned6,205SSt Michael21.1% aged 65+ · 47.2% owned8,991SSt Paul11.9% aged 65+ · 63.2% owned9,992TThe Worthys16.4% aged 65+ · 63.8% owned7,034UUpper Meon Valley24.3% aged 65+ · 70.1% owned5,582WWonston and Micheldever22.1% aged 65+ · 75.0% owned7,985

All 16 wards of Winchester

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.