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Electoral wardE05015705

Battledown ward, Cheltenham

Battledown is one of 20 electoral wards of Cheltenham Borough Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,305 residents in 2,596 households — 903 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cheltenham constituency; for county elections it is in the Battledown & Charlton Kings division.

Residents, 20216,305council ward average 5,941
Households2,5962.43 residents per household
Density903/ km²about 6.98 km² · Cheltenham 2,550
Aged 65+15.7%Cheltenham: 19.3% · under 16: 21.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 382
5–96.5% · 412
10–158.6% · 540
16–194.3% · 270
20–244.1% · 261
25–3413.2% · 834
35–4922.5% · 1,418
50–6419.1% · 1,203
65–748.7% · 548
75–845.0% · 317
85+2.0% · 125

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.0% · 285
1 car or van42.0% · 1,089
2 cars or vans35.6% · 923
3 or more11.4% · 297
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Cheltenham overall: 63.6% owned, 12.2% social rented, 23.4% private rented.

Owned outright35.4% · 918
With mortgage42.7% · 1,108
Shared ownership0.9% · 23
Social rented5.2% · 135
Private rented15.8% · 409

Type of home

Detached house34.7% · 903
Semi-detached house29.7% · 771
Terraced house22.7% · 589
Purpose-built flat9.9% · 257
Converted house2.7% · 69
Other conversion0.3% · 8
Above shop / office0.0% · 1
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015705
County division
Battledown & Charlton Kings
Constituency
Cheltenham
Region
South West
Density rank in council
20 of 20

Parishes in the ward

Charlton Kings

Other wards in the same constituency

AAll Saints14.5% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned5,361BBenhall, the Reddings & Fiddler's Green23.8% aged 65+ · 84.6% owned4,958CCharlton Kings19.7% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned5,888CCharlton Park29.1% aged 65+ · 84.0% owned4,907CCollege18.9% aged 65+ · 59.5% owned5,841HHesters Way13.7% aged 65+ · 44.9% owned7,102LLansdown16.7% aged 65+ · 42.2% owned6,867LLeckhampton25.9% aged 65+ · 83.6% owned5,565OOakley16.1% aged 65+ · 52.2% owned5,869PPark27.2% aged 65+ · 65.9% owned4,539PPittville23.0% aged 65+ · 65.6% owned8,189PPrestbury29.8% aged 65+ · 83.4% owned4,020SSt Mark's15.5% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned6,284SSt Paul's8.3% aged 65+ · 30.8% owned6,215

All 20 wards of Cheltenham

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.