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Electoral wardE05015716
Prestbury ward, Cheltenham
Prestbury is one of 20 electoral wards of Cheltenham Borough Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,020 residents in 1,823 households — 2,561 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cheltenham and Tewkesbury constituencies; for county elections it is in the Prestbury & Swindon Village division.
Residents, 20214,020council ward average 5,941
Households1,8232.21 residents per household
Density2,561/ km²about 1.57 km² · Cheltenham 2,550
Aged 65+29.8%Cheltenham: 19.3% · under 16: 15.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 211
5–95.2% · 209
10–155.3% · 214
16–192.6% · 104
20–243.7% · 147
25–349.1% · 365
35–4918.1% · 728
50–6421.0% · 843
65–7413.9% · 557
75–8410.4% · 418
85+5.5% · 222
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.7% · 231
1 car or van41.5% · 757
2 cars or vans35.1% · 640
3 or more10.7% · 196
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cheltenham overall: 63.6% owned, 12.2% social rented, 23.4% private rented.
Owned outright51.2% · 933
With mortgage32.3% · 588
Shared ownership0.5% · 10
Social rented7.0% · 127
Private rented9.1% · 165
Type of home
Detached house36.9% · 673
Semi-detached house42.3% · 771
Terraced house6.6% · 121
Purpose-built flat12.2% · 222
Converted house1.4% · 25
Other conversion0.3% · 5
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015716- Council
- Cheltenham Borough Council
- County council
- Gloucestershire County Council
- County division
- Prestbury & Swindon Village
- Constituency
- Cheltenham, Tewkesbury
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 20
Parishes in the ward
Prestbury
Council offices in this ward
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% owned5,565OOakley16.1% aged 65+ · 52.2% owned5,869PPark27.2% aged 65+ · 65.9% owned4,539PPittville23.0% aged 65+ · 65.6% owned8,189SSpringbank16.2% aged 65+ · 55.7% owned6,933SSt Mark's15.5% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned6,284
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.