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Oakley & The Candovers ward, Basingstoke and Deane

Oakley & The Candovers is one of 18 electoral wards of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,208 residents in 3,790 households — 78 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Basingstoke and East Hampshire constituencies; for county elections it is in the Candovers, Oakley & Overton division.

Residents, 20219,208council ward average 10,286
Households3,7902.43 residents per household
Density78/ km²about 117.60 km² · Basingstoke and Deane 292
Aged 65+25.2%Basingstoke and Deane: 17.3% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 462
5–95.7% · 528
10–156.6% · 605
16–193.5% · 322
20–244.1% · 379
25–3410.4% · 961
35–4918.0% · 1,661
50–6421.4% · 1,972
65–7413.8% · 1,266
75–848.5% · 784
85+2.9% · 267

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.3% · 275
1 car or van31.3% · 1,187
2 cars or vans42.8% · 1,623
3 or more18.6% · 705
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Basingstoke and Deane overall: 64.8% owned, 17.9% social rented, 15.4% private rented.

Owned outright41.8% · 1,586
With mortgage35.2% · 1,334
Shared ownership2.2% · 84
Social rented9.0% · 342
Private rented11.7% · 443
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house53.4% · 2,022
Semi-detached house31.1% · 1,180
Terraced house11.1% · 420
Purpose-built flat3.6% · 136
Converted house0.3% · 13
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.3% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.