Electoral wardE05011999
Whitwell ward, Bolsover
Whitwell is one of 17 electoral wards of Bolsover District Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,922 residents in 1,812 households — 263 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bolsover constituency; for county elections it is in the Elmton with Creswell & Whitwell division.
Residents, 20213,922council ward average 4,722
Households1,8122.16 residents per household
Density263/ km²about 14.93 km² · Bolsover 501
Aged 65+22.8%Bolsover: 20.2% · under 16: 15.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 190
5–94.6% · 179
10–156.0% · 234
16–193.4% · 135
20–244.5% · 177
25–3412.3% · 483
35–4917.2% · 673
50–6424.4% · 956
65–7413.0% · 510
75–847.4% · 290
85+2.4% · 96
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.0% · 308
1 car or van43.4% · 787
2 cars or vans30.4% · 551
3 or more9.2% · 166
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bolsover overall: 66.0% owned, 16.4% social rented, 17.2% private rented.
Owned outright39.1% · 708
With mortgage27.2% · 492
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented19.5% · 354
Private rented13.7% · 249
Lives rent free0.3% · 5
Type of home
Detached house25.2% · 456
Semi-detached house49.9% · 905
Terraced house16.7% · 302
Purpose-built flat6.4% · 116
Converted house0.8% · 15
Other conversion0.6% · 11
Above shop / office0.4% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011999- Council
- Bolsover District Council
- County council
- Derbyshire County Council
- County division
- Elmton with Creswell & Whitwell
- Constituency
- Bolsover
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 17
Parishes in the ward
Whitwell
Other wards in the same constituency
AAult Hucknall21.8% aged 65+ · 71.0% owned6,299BBarlborough21.6% aged 65+ · 77.6% owned4,117BBlackwell24.7% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned4,271BBolsover East24.1% aged 65+ · 63.8% owned4,297BBolsover North & Shuttlewood16.8% aged 65+ · 64.0% owned3,440BBolsover South23.3% aged 65+ · 68.4% owned4,442CClowne East23.2% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned5,515CClowne West20.9% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned2,786EElmton-with-Creswell19.8% aged 65+ · 55.9% owned6,615LLangwith17.0% aged 65+ · 54.5% owned4,788PPinxton21.9% aged 65+ · 65.4% owned4,244SShirebrook North18.2% aged 65+ · 47.4% owned4,897SShirebrook South15.0% aged 65+ · 61.4% owned4,737SSouth Normanton East17.5% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned4,875
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.