Electoral wardE05013063
West Chesterton ward, Cambridge
West Chesterton is one of 14 electoral wards of Cambridge City Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,904 residents in 3,720 households — 5,783 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cambridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Arbury and Castle and Chesterton and Market divisions.
Residents, 20218,904council ward average 10,405
Households3,7202.39 residents per household
Density5,783/ km²about 1.54 km² · Cambridge 3,580
Aged 65+17.3%Cambridge: 11.4% · under 16: 12.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.2% · 281
5–94.4% · 392
10–155.0% · 448
16–195.1% · 457
20–2411.0% · 983
25–3419.2% · 1,709
35–4918.2% · 1,621
50–6416.6% · 1,475
65–749.6% · 854
75–845.6% · 499
85+2.1% · 185
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van34.7% · 1,289
1 car or van47.8% · 1,777
2 cars or vans14.0% · 522
3 or more3.5% · 131
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cambridge overall: 44.1% owned, 22.7% social rented, 31.5% private rented.
Owned outright34.3% · 1,277
With mortgage19.5% · 724
Shared ownership0.9% · 32
Social rented10.0% · 372
Private rented35.2% · 1,308
Lives rent free0.2% · 7
Type of home
Detached house9.0% · 333
Semi-detached house25.8% · 959
Terraced house32.3% · 1,200
Purpose-built flat24.3% · 903
Converted house6.6% · 245
Other conversion0.5% · 18
Above shop / office1.4% · 53
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013063- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Arbury, Castle, Chesterton, Market
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 14
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbbey10.8% aged 65+ · 39.9% owned10,783AArbury14.0% aged 65+ · 47.2% owned9,883CCastle9.4% aged 65+ · 40.9% owned7,861CColeridge11.2% aged 65+ · 43.6% owned10,501EEast Chesterton15.0% aged 65+ · 36.7% owned9,714KKing's Hedges12.0% aged 65+ · 37.8% owned11,099MMarket7.9% aged 65+ · 33.2% owned10,443NNewnham7.6% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned11,374PPetersfield10.0% aged 65+ · 37.6% owned10,938RRomsey8.9% aged 65+ · 44.2% owned10,189TTrumpington9.1% aged 65+ · 43.2% owned12,393
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.