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Electoral wardE05015710

Hesters Way ward, Cheltenham

Hesters Way is one of 20 electoral wards of Cheltenham Borough Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,102 residents in 3,044 households — 3,470 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cheltenham and Tewkesbury constituencies; for county elections it is in the Hesters Way & Springbank division.

Residents, 20217,102council ward average 5,941
Households3,0442.33 residents per household
Density3,470/ km²about 2.05 km² · Cheltenham 2,550
Aged 65+13.7%Cheltenham: 19.3% · under 16: 21.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.1% · 507
5–97.0% · 495
10–157.6% · 539
16–194.2% · 300
20–246.7% · 476
25–3415.7% · 1,115
35–4920.7% · 1,469
50–6417.4% · 1,233
65–747.1% · 507
75–844.3% · 307
85+2.2% · 157

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.6% · 839
1 car or van44.3% · 1,348
2 cars or vans21.5% · 653
3 or more6.6% · 202
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright22.7% · 691
With mortgage22.2% · 675
Shared ownership1.3% · 39
Social rented33.8% · 1,028
Private rented20.0% · 609
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house11.9% · 363
Semi-detached house28.2% · 858
Terraced house22.1% · 671
Purpose-built flat32.4% · 985
Converted house0.8% · 24
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Caravan, mobile4.0% · 123
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015710
County division
Hesters Way & Springbank
Constituency
Cheltenham, Tewkesbury
Region
South West
Density rank in council
11 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

AAll Saints14.5% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned5,361BBattledown15.7% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned6,305BBenhall, 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% owned5,841LLansdown16.7% 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% owned4,020SSpringbank16.2% aged 65+ · 55.7% owned6,933SSt Mark's15.5% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned6,284

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.