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Byfleet and West Byfleet ward, Woking

Byfleet and West Byfleet is one of 10 electoral wards of Woking Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,848 residents in 4,851 households — 2,364 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Woking constituency; for county elections it is in the The Byfleets division.

Residents, 202111,848council ward average 10,394
Households4,8512.44 residents per household
Density2,364/ km²about 5.01 km² · Woking 1,635
Aged 65+17.9%Woking: 16.5% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.2% · 734
5–96.4% · 760
10–157.4% · 878
16–193.8% · 455
20–244.3% · 514
25–3412.1% · 1,428
35–4922.5% · 2,666
50–6419.3% · 2,288
65–748.9% · 1,052
75–846.1% · 720
85+3.0% · 350

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.8% · 570
1 car or van40.6% · 1,968
2 cars or vans34.1% · 1,655
3 or more13.6% · 658
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Woking overall: 66.4% owned, 11.6% social rented, 21.1% private rented.

Owned outright34.0% · 1,647
With mortgage40.0% · 1,938
Shared ownership0.6% · 29
Social rented9.4% · 457
Private rented16.0% · 775
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house27.1% · 1,315
Semi-detached house30.0% · 1,458
Terraced house19.6% · 953
Purpose-built flat19.1% · 928
Converted house2.1% · 102
Other conversion0.5% · 25
Above shop / office1.4% · 69
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.