Electoral wardE05015949
Downley ward, Buckinghamshire
Downley is one of 49 electoral wards of Buckinghamshire County Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,626 residents in 2,433 households — 1,629 people per km², the 40th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wycombe constituency.
Residents, 20216,626council ward average 11,288
Households2,4332.72 residents per household
Density1,629/ km²about 4.07 km² · Buckinghamshire 353
Aged 65+17.5%Buckinghamshire: 18.7% · under 16: 21.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 353
5–97.3% · 483
10–159.3% · 613
16–194.7% · 311
20–244.0% · 263
25–349.9% · 653
35–4922.0% · 1,457
50–6420.2% · 1,336
65–748.8% · 581
75–846.2% · 408
85+2.5% · 168
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.5% · 207
1 car or van33.9% · 826
2 cars or vans42.4% · 1,033
3 or more15.2% · 370
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Buckinghamshire overall: 70.0% owned, 12.9% social rented, 15.7% private rented.
Owned outright39.1% · 951
With mortgage41.9% · 1,017
Shared ownership0.6% · 15
Social rented7.3% · 178
Private rented11.0% · 268
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house28.2% · 686
Semi-detached house38.6% · 938
Terraced house27.9% · 678
Purpose-built flat4.6% · 111
Converted house0.3% · 8
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015949- Constituency
- Wycombe
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 49
Parishes in the ward
Downley
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbbey11.3% aged 65+ · 56.0% owned15,471BBooker & Cressex22.1% aged 65+ · 66.6% owned4,984CCastlefield & Oakridge8.0% aged 65+ · 47.5% owned9,775CChiltern Villages24.4% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned5,355DDisraeli15.1% aged 65+ · 54.7% owned5,679HHazlemere23.5% aged 65+ · 84.8% owned9,535MMarlow23.5% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned18,398MMarsh & Micklefield10.7% aged 65+ · 53.5% owned11,546PPenn, Tylers Green & Loudwater21.5% aged 65+ · 80.9% owned13,399RRidgeway West21.1% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned11,777SSands10.3% aged 65+ · 59.9% owned6,751TTerriers & Amersham Hill12.4% aged 65+ · 58.5% owned10,325TTotteridge & Bowerdean11.7% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned12,517WWest Wycombe & Lane End19.4% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned5,677
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.