Electoral wardE05015968
Sands ward, Buckinghamshire
Sands is one of 49 electoral wards of Buckinghamshire County Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,751 residents in 2,558 households — 2,001 people per km², the 39th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wycombe constituency.
Residents, 20216,751council ward average 11,288
Households2,5582.64 residents per household
Density2,001/ km²about 3.37 km² · Buckinghamshire 353
Aged 65+10.3%Buckinghamshire: 18.7% · under 16: 21.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.0% · 471
5–97.0% · 473
10–157.4% · 499
16–194.2% · 282
20–245.8% · 395
25–3418.1% · 1,225
35–4923.1% · 1,560
50–6417.1% · 1,154
65–746.2% · 417
75–842.9% · 198
85+1.2% · 80
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.8% · 353
1 car or van43.9% · 1,124
2 cars or vans30.5% · 780
3 or more11.9% · 304
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Buckinghamshire overall: 70.0% owned, 12.9% social rented, 15.7% private rented.
Owned outright22.9% · 586
With mortgage37.0% · 948
Shared ownership1.7% · 43
Social rented15.4% · 395
Private rented23.0% · 589
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house15.3% · 392
Semi-detached house39.0% · 998
Terraced house10.8% · 276
Purpose-built flat27.4% · 701
Converted house6.6% · 168
Other conversion0.5% · 14
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015968- Constituency
- Wycombe
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 49
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% owned5,679DDownley17.5% aged 65+ · 81.0% owned6,626HHazlemere23.5% 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% owned11,777TTerriers & 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.