Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Wantage. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Wantage RegD/PLU
Wantage RDean
Wantage RSD
Wantage UD
Wantage RD
Wantage SubD
Wantage USD
Wantage Hundred
Wantage EP
Wantage CP/AP

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Wantage.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Wantage.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Wantage CCon	1983

Additional constituencies that covered Wantage may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Wantage:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Wantage CP/AP
Wantage UD
Vale of White Horse District
Berkshire County O41area
Wantage RegD/PLU
Berkshire AdmC
Berkshire AncC
Oxfordshire
Berkshire RegC
the South East GovOf
Great Britain Dep
England and Wales Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Wantage.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Berkshire PCon	1832	1884
Berkshire Northern Or Abingdon PDivCon	1885	1917
Berkshire Abingdon PDivCon	1918	1948
Abingdon BCon	1949	1982
Wantage CCon	1983	2009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Wantage. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.