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Castlefield & Oakridge ward, Buckinghamshire

Castlefield & Oakridge is one of 49 electoral wards of Buckinghamshire County Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,775 residents in 3,217 households — 8,795 people per km², the 35th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wycombe constituency.

Residents, 20219,775council ward average 11,288
Households3,2173.04 residents per household
Density8,795/ km²about 1.11 km² · Buckinghamshire 353
Aged 65+8.0%Buckinghamshire: 18.7% · under 16: 23.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.3% · 712
5–97.1% · 695
10–158.8% · 863
16–195.3% · 519
20–246.9% · 679
25–3418.0% · 1,762
35–4924.2% · 2,371
50–6414.3% · 1,394
65–745.0% · 488
75–842.1% · 201
85+1.0% · 96

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.9% · 736
1 car or van44.3% · 1,428
2 cars or vans23.7% · 764
3 or more9.1% · 292
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Buckinghamshire overall: 70.0% owned, 12.9% social rented, 15.7% private rented.

Owned outright20.3% · 655
With mortgage27.2% · 875
Shared ownership0.9% · 28
Social rented17.8% · 574
Private rented33.7% · 1,085
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house7.0% · 224
Semi-detached house44.4% · 1,428
Terraced house14.8% · 476
Purpose-built flat25.5% · 821
Converted house6.6% · 213
Other conversion0.9% · 28
Above shop / office0.7% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.