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Electoral wardE05015712

Leckhampton ward, Cheltenham

Leckhampton is one of 20 electoral wards of Cheltenham Borough Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,565 residents in 2,358 households — 2,590 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cheltenham constituency; for county elections it is in the Leckhampton & Warden Hill division.

Residents, 20215,565council ward average 5,941
Households2,3582.36 residents per household
Density2,590/ km²about 2.15 km² · Cheltenham 2,550
Aged 65+25.9%Cheltenham: 19.3% · under 16: 19.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 310
5–96.9% · 385
10–157.1% · 394
16–193.6% · 202
20–242.9% · 162
25–346.5% · 363
35–4920.2% · 1,121
50–6421.3% · 1,186
65–7412.5% · 695
75–848.1% · 448
85+5.3% · 297

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.7% · 277
1 car or van42.9% · 1,013
2 cars or vans35.8% · 846
3 or more9.5% · 224
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright50.2% · 1,181
With mortgage33.4% · 785
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented4.0% · 93
Private rented12.3% · 289

Type of home

Detached house38.2% · 900
Semi-detached house36.5% · 860
Terraced house16.0% · 378
Purpose-built flat6.5% · 153
Converted house1.9% · 46
Other conversion0.6% · 15
Above shop / office0.3% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015712
County division
Leckhampton & Warden Hill
Constituency
Cheltenham
Region
South West
Density rank in council
14 of 20

Parishes in the ward

Leckhampton with Warden Hill

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% owned5,841HHesters Way13.7% aged 65+ · 44.9% owned7,102LLansdown16.7% aged 65+ · 42.2% owned6,867OOakley16.1% 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.