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Electoral wardE05015720

St Peter's ward, Cheltenham

St Peter's is one of 20 electoral wards of Cheltenham Borough Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,045 residents in 2,708 households — 5,531 people per km², the 9th 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, 20216,045council ward average 5,941
Households2,7082.23 residents per household
Density5,531/ km²about 1.09 km² · Cheltenham 2,550
Aged 65+12.9%Cheltenham: 19.3% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.8% · 410
5–95.4% · 328
10–155.5% · 332
16–193.1% · 187
20–248.2% · 498
25–3421.1% · 1,276
35–4921.1% · 1,277
50–6415.8% · 958
65–746.8% · 410
75–843.7% · 226
85+2.4% · 144

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.3% · 684
1 car or van46.7% · 1,265
2 cars or vans22.5% · 608
3 or more5.5% · 150
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright24.0% · 649
With mortgage30.8% · 834
Shared ownership1.7% · 45
Social rented16.3% · 441
Private rented27.1% · 735
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house5.5% · 150
Semi-detached house38.9% · 1,053
Terraced house24.4% · 660
Purpose-built flat29.0% · 786
Converted house1.8% · 49
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015720
County division
St Mark's & St Peter's
Constituency
Cheltenham
Region
South West
Density rank in council
3 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 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.