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St Michael ward, Winchester

St Michael is one of 16 electoral wards of Winchester City Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,991 residents in 3,990 households — 1,728 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Winchester constituency; for county elections it is in the Winchester Eastgate division.

Residents, 20218,991council ward average 7,966
Households3,9902.25 residents per household
Density1,728/ km²about 5.20 km² · Winchester 193
Aged 65+21.1%Winchester: 20.9% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.9% · 350
5–94.3% · 384
10–159.6% · 861
16–197.2% · 651
20–246.8% · 607
25–3411.5% · 1,034
35–4917.1% · 1,537
50–6418.6% · 1,675
65–749.7% · 873
75–847.4% · 667
85+3.9% · 353

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van29.3% · 1,169
1 car or van44.7% · 1,785
2 cars or vans20.6% · 821
3 or more5.4% · 215
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright28.3% · 1,128
With mortgage18.9% · 755
Shared ownership0.4% · 17
Social rented25.1% · 1,001
Private rented27.1% · 1,083
Lives rent free0.2% · 6

Type of home

Detached house12.5% · 498
Semi-detached house16.9% · 675
Terraced house29.5% · 1,178
Purpose-built flat29.4% · 1,175
Converted house4.9% · 194
Other conversion4.3% · 171
Above shop / office2.4% · 96
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
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.