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Electoral wardE05015946
Chesham South ward, Buckinghamshire
Chesham South is one of 49 electoral wards of Buckinghamshire County Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 14,112 residents in 5,926 households — 410 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chesham and Amersham constituency.
Residents, 202114,112council ward average 11,288
Households5,9262.38 residents per household
Density410/ km²about 34.40 km² · Buckinghamshire 353
Aged 65+19.1%Buckinghamshire: 18.7% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 808
5–95.7% · 807
10–157.5% · 1,064
16–193.9% · 543
20–244.4% · 614
25–3412.2% · 1,715
35–4921.0% · 2,965
50–6420.5% · 2,895
65–749.5% · 1,337
75–846.6% · 934
85+3.0% · 421
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.3% · 907
1 car or van41.5% · 2,459
2 cars or vans30.5% · 1,807
3 or more12.6% · 749
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Buckinghamshire overall: 70.0% owned, 12.9% social rented, 15.7% private rented.
Owned outright34.5% · 2,045
With mortgage33.0% · 1,958
Shared ownership0.6% · 33
Social rented15.0% · 891
Private rented16.8% · 994
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house23.3% · 1,382
Semi-detached house26.1% · 1,548
Terraced house24.9% · 1,474
Purpose-built flat19.6% · 1,163
Converted house1.6% · 92
Other conversion1.7% · 98
Above shop / office1.4% · 85
Caravan, mobile1.4% · 85
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015946- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 31 of 49
Parishes in the ward
CheshamLatimer and Ley Hill
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAmersham & Chesham Bois20.6% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned18,132CChalfont 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% owned13,543GGerrards 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.