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Electoral wardE05015706

Benhall, the Reddings & Fiddler's Green ward, Cheltenham

Benhall, the Reddings & Fiddler's Green is one of 20 electoral wards of Cheltenham Borough Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,958 residents in 2,100 households — 2,690 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cheltenham constituency; for county elections it is in the Benhall & Up Hatherley division.

Residents, 20214,958council ward average 5,941
Households2,1002.36 residents per household
Density2,690/ km²about 1.84 km² · Cheltenham 2,550
Aged 65+23.8%Cheltenham: 19.3% · under 16: 17.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.8% · 240
5–96.0% · 298
10–156.3% · 313
16–193.9% · 192
20–244.5% · 225
25–348.5% · 422
35–4919.5% · 969
50–6422.6% · 1,124
65–7410.5% · 522
75–849.7% · 482
85+3.5% · 176

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.7% · 224
1 car or van41.8% · 878
2 cars or vans35.0% · 734
3 or more12.5% · 263
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright49.6% · 1,041
With mortgage34.9% · 733
Shared ownership0.3% · 7
Social rented2.6% · 54
Private rented12.5% · 262
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house30.0% · 631
Semi-detached house49.4% · 1,037
Terraced house11.9% · 249
Purpose-built flat4.3% · 90
Converted house0.5% · 10
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile3.6% · 76
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015706
County division
Benhall & Up Hatherley
Constituency
Cheltenham
Region
South West
Density rank in council
13 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

AAll Saints14.5% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned5,361BBattledown15.7% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned6,305CCharlton 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.