Electoral wardE05015713
Oakley ward, Cheltenham
Oakley is one of 20 electoral wards of Cheltenham Borough Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,869 residents in 2,465 households — 4,246 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cheltenham constituency; for county elections it is in the All Saints & Oakley division.
Residents, 20215,869council ward average 5,941
Households2,4652.38 residents per household
Density4,246/ km²about 1.38 km² · Cheltenham 2,550
Aged 65+16.1%Cheltenham: 19.3% · under 16: 21.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 371
5–96.9% · 405
10–158.6% · 503
16–194.3% · 254
20–245.4% · 319
25–3413.3% · 778
35–4920.1% · 1,182
50–6418.9% · 1,112
65–748.7% · 509
75–845.7% · 335
85+1.7% · 102
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.6% · 706
1 car or van42.7% · 1,054
2 cars or vans21.5% · 531
3 or more7.1% · 175
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cheltenham overall: 63.6% owned, 12.2% social rented, 23.4% private rented.
Owned outright24.7% · 609
With mortgage27.5% · 678
Shared ownership0.4% · 9
Social rented33.5% · 826
Private rented13.3% · 328
Lives rent free0.6% · 14
Type of home
Detached house5.9% · 144
Semi-detached house47.7% · 1,175
Terraced house18.1% · 445
Purpose-built flat26.2% · 644
Converted house1.7% · 41
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015713- Council
- Cheltenham Borough Council
- County council
- Gloucestershire County Council
- County division
- All Saints & Oakley
- Constituency
- Cheltenham
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 20
Parishes in the ward
Prestbury
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% owned6,867LLeckhampton25.9% aged 65+ · 83.6% owned5,565PPark27.2% 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
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.