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Electoral wardE05015967
Ridgeway West ward, Buckinghamshire
Ridgeway West is one of 49 electoral wards of Buckinghamshire County Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,777 residents in 4,610 households — 143 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Buckinghamshire and Wycombe constituencies.
Residents, 202111,777council ward average 11,288
Households4,6102.55 residents per household
Density143/ km²about 82.30 km² · Buckinghamshire 353
Aged 65+21.1%Buckinghamshire: 18.7% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 600
5–95.6% · 661
10–156.8% · 805
16–193.8% · 446
20–244.7% · 553
25–3410.3% · 1,212
35–4919.4% · 2,283
50–6423.2% · 2,737
65–7411.3% · 1,334
75–847.2% · 852
85+2.5% · 294
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van5.9% · 271
1 car or van31.0% · 1,426
2 cars or vans40.8% · 1,880
3 or more22.3% · 1,029
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Buckinghamshire overall: 70.0% owned, 12.9% social rented, 15.7% private rented.
Owned outright40.0% · 1,843
With mortgage35.1% · 1,618
Shared ownership0.6% · 27
Social rented8.4% · 386
Private rented15.9% · 735
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house49.5% · 2,280
Semi-detached house26.3% · 1,210
Terraced house15.3% · 704
Purpose-built flat5.7% · 261
Converted house0.8% · 35
Other conversion1.3% · 60
Above shop / office0.5% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 31
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015967- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire, Wycombe
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 43 of 49
Parishes in the ward
Bledlow-cum-SaundertonBradenhamLacey GreenRadnageStokenchurch
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbbey11.3% aged 65+ · 56.0% owned15,471AAylesbury South East17.8% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned11,933BBerryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead5.6% aged 65+ · 62.5% owned14,310BBooker & Cressex22.1% aged 65+ · 66.6% owned4,984CCastlefield & Oakridge8.0% aged 65+ · 47.5% owned9,775CChesham North18.1% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned13,543CChiltern Villages24.4% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned5,355DDisraeli15.1% aged 65+ · 54.7% owned5,679DDownley17.5% aged 65+ · 81.0% owned6,626GGrendon 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% owned4,422MMarlow23.5% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned18,398
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.