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Electoral wardE05011008

Upper Meon Valley ward, Winchester

Upper Meon Valley is one of 16 electoral wards of Winchester City Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,582 residents in 2,232 households — 37 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Winchester constituency; for county elections it is in the Bishops Waltham and Itchen Valley and Meon Valley divisions.

Residents, 20215,582council ward average 7,966
Households2,2322.5 residents per household
Density37/ km²about 152.51 km² · Winchester 193
Aged 65+24.3%Winchester: 20.9% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 225
5–95.4% · 303
10–157.0% · 393
16–194.7% · 260
20–243.9% · 217
25–347.7% · 430
35–4916.4% · 914
50–6426.6% · 1,483
65–7413.9% · 775
75–847.8% · 437
85+2.6% · 145

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van4.2% · 93
1 car or van29.1% · 650
2 cars or vans41.4% · 925
3 or more25.3% · 564
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.7% · 909
With mortgage29.4% · 656
Shared ownership0.6% · 13
Social rented9.7% · 217
Private rented19.6% · 437

Type of home

Detached house55.0% · 1,228
Semi-detached house31.5% · 702
Terraced house9.2% · 206
Purpose-built flat1.5% · 33
Converted house0.8% · 17
Other conversion0.6% · 13
Above shop / office0.5% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 20
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.