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Electoral wardE05015718

St Mark's ward, Cheltenham

St Mark's is one of 20 electoral wards of Cheltenham Borough Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,284 residents in 2,667 households — 4,822 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cheltenham constituency; for county elections it is in the St Mark's & St Peter's division.

Residents, 20216,284council ward average 5,941
Households2,6672.36 residents per household
Density4,822/ km²about 1.30 km² · Cheltenham 2,550
Aged 65+15.5%Cheltenham: 19.3% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 341
5–95.8% · 365
10–156.6% · 418
16–193.8% · 242
20–246.5% · 407
25–3416.1% · 1,009
35–4920.4% · 1,282
50–6419.9% · 1,250
65–748.1% · 508
75–844.8% · 299
85+2.6% · 165

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.7% · 659
1 car or van42.6% · 1,136
2 cars or vans24.9% · 665
3 or more7.7% · 206
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright25.1% · 668
With mortgage29.5% · 787
Shared ownership0.8% · 22
Social rented28.5% · 759
Private rented15.8% · 420
Lives rent free0.3% · 8

Type of home

Detached house8.1% · 217
Semi-detached house49.3% · 1,317
Terraced house13.5% · 361
Purpose-built flat26.0% · 693
Converted house2.0% · 53
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.8% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015718
County division
St Mark's & St Peter's
Constituency
Cheltenham
Region
South West
Density rank in council
4 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% owned5,841HHesters 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 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.