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Electoral wardE05015945
Chesham North ward, Buckinghamshire
Chesham North is one of 49 electoral wards of Buckinghamshire County Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 13,543 residents in 5,310 households — 456 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chesham and Amersham and Mid Buckinghamshire constituencies.
Residents, 202113,543council ward average 11,288
Households5,3102.55 residents per household
Density456/ km²about 29.69 km² · Buckinghamshire 353
Aged 65+18.1%Buckinghamshire: 18.7% · under 16: 20.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 787
5–96.4% · 865
10–158.5% · 1,151
16–194.8% · 645
20–244.7% · 642
25–3410.6% · 1,442
35–4920.7% · 2,800
50–6420.4% · 2,761
65–749.4% · 1,268
75–846.4% · 867
85+2.3% · 317
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.3% · 757
1 car or van38.0% · 2,021
2 cars or vans33.2% · 1,764
3 or more14.5% · 770
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Buckinghamshire overall: 70.0% owned, 12.9% social rented, 15.7% private rented.
Owned outright34.3% · 1,820
With mortgage32.0% · 1,699
Shared ownership0.7% · 37
Social rented22.9% · 1,217
Private rented10.0% · 533
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house24.2% · 1,284
Semi-detached house35.9% · 1,908
Terraced house24.0% · 1,275
Purpose-built flat13.4% · 712
Converted house1.1% · 60
Other conversion0.4% · 20
Above shop / office0.2% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 39
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015945- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham, Mid Buckinghamshire
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 27 of 49
Parishes in the ward
Ashley GreenChartridgeCheshamCholesbury-cum-St LeonardsThe Lee
Other wards in the same constituency
AAmersham & Chesham Bois20.6% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned18,132AAylesbury South East17.8% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned11,933BBerryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead5.6% aged 65+ · 62.5% owned14,310CChalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont20.8% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned15,170CChalfont St Peter22.7% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned13,382CChesham South19.1% aged 65+ · 67.6% owned14,112GGerrards Cross & Denham22.1% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned16,736GGrendon Underwood & The Claydons18.6% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned11,764HHaddenham & Stone25.3% aged 65+ · 77.0% owned10,586HHazlemere23.5% aged 65+ · 84.8% owned9,535LLong Crendon23.2% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned4,422PPenn, Tylers Green & Loudwater21.5% aged 65+ · 80.9% owned13,399PPrinces Risborough26.6% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned10,689RRidgeway East25.7% aged 65+ · 87.2% owned9,766
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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.