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Electoral wardE05012464

Chew Valley ward, Bath and North East Somerset

Chew Valley is one of 33 electoral wards of Bath and North East Somerset Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,069 residents in 2,375 households — 101 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.

Residents, 20216,069council ward average 5,861
Households2,3752.56 residents per household
Density101/ km²about 60.21 km² · Bath and North East Somerset 559
Aged 65+24.8%Bath and North East Somerset: 19.4% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 288
5–96.0% · 366
10–157.9% · 477
16–194.2% · 254
20–244.0% · 241
25–347.0% · 424
35–4918.8% · 1,144
50–6422.6% · 1,373
65–7412.2% · 740
75–849.2% · 556
85+3.4% · 208

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van5.1% · 122
1 car or van30.8% · 733
2 cars or vans41.4% · 985
3 or more22.6% · 537
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Bath and North East Somerset overall: 65.3% owned, 14.3% social rented, 19.3% private rented.

Owned outright47.6% · 1,133
With mortgage32.5% · 774
Shared ownership0.8% · 19
Social rented8.3% · 198
Private rented10.7% · 254
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house56.9% · 1,354
Semi-detached house29.4% · 699
Terraced house9.6% · 229
Purpose-built flat1.4% · 33
Converted house1.5% · 35
Other conversion0.7% · 17
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 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.