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Electoral wardE05015928
Amersham & Chesham Bois ward, Buckinghamshire
Amersham & Chesham Bois is one of 49 electoral wards of Buckinghamshire County Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 18,132 residents in 7,313 households — 775 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chesham and Amersham constituency.
Residents, 202118,132council ward average 11,288
Households7,3132.48 residents per household
Density775/ km²about 23.40 km² · Buckinghamshire 353
Aged 65+20.6%Buckinghamshire: 18.7% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 929
5–96.7% · 1,207
10–159.2% · 1,676
16–194.3% · 773
20–243.6% · 644
25–348.4% · 1,519
35–4921.7% · 3,941
50–6420.5% · 3,710
65–749.8% · 1,778
75–847.3% · 1,322
85+3.5% · 630
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.6% · 847
1 car or van42.0% · 3,075
2 cars or vans34.7% · 2,537
3 or more11.7% · 857
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Buckinghamshire overall: 70.0% owned, 12.9% social rented, 15.7% private rented.
Owned outright38.7% · 2,826
With mortgage33.6% · 2,456
Shared ownership0.6% · 45
Social rented11.8% · 860
Private rented15.4% · 1,123
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house35.7% · 2,605
Semi-detached house29.1% · 2,128
Terraced house13.9% · 1,014
Purpose-built flat16.7% · 1,223
Converted house2.2% · 164
Other conversion0.9% · 68
Above shop / office1.3% · 98
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015928- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 49
Parishes in the ward
AmershamChesham Bois
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
CChalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont20.8% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned15,170CChalfont St Peter22.7% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned13,382CChesham North18.1% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned13,543CChesham South19.1% aged 65+ · 67.6% owned14,112GGerrards Cross & Denham22.1% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned16,736HHazlemere23.5% aged 65+ · 84.8% owned9,535PPenn, Tylers Green & Loudwater21.5% aged 65+ · 80.9% owned13,399TThe Missendens25.9% aged 65+ · 80.7% owned17,574
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 11 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.