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Chilwell West ward, Broxtowe

Chilwell West is one of 20 electoral wards of Broxtowe Borough Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,591 residents in 3,357 households — 3,130 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Broxtowe constituency; for county elections it is in the Toton, Chilwell & Attenborough division.

Residents, 20217,591council ward average 5,515
Households3,3572.26 residents per household
Density3,130/ km²about 2.43 km² · Broxtowe 1,486
Aged 65+21.9%Broxtowe: 21.8% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 452
5–96.1% · 463
10–156.7% · 511
16–193.5% · 267
20–244.5% · 344
25–3414.6% · 1,107
35–4918.1% · 1,375
50–6418.6% · 1,409
65–7410.7% · 813
75–848.1% · 613
85+3.1% · 237

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.4% · 851
1 car or van46.0% · 1,544
2 cars or vans22.7% · 762
3 or more6.0% · 200
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Broxtowe overall: 71.5% owned, 10.7% social rented, 17.3% private rented.

Owned outright37.8% · 1,268
With mortgage28.1% · 942
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented19.6% · 659
Private rented14.0% · 470
Lives rent free0.3% · 11

Type of home

Detached house20.0% · 672
Semi-detached house39.6% · 1,329
Terraced house21.4% · 719
Purpose-built flat17.8% · 597
Converted house0.5% · 18
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.5% · 18
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.