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Cherwell District Council

Local authority area: Cherwell

Cherwell is a district council in Oxfordshire, in the South East England region of England. It covers 588.7 km² and had 164,155 residents in 2022 — about 279 people per km². The council is based in Banbury.

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Town hall in the administrative centreTown Hall Town Hall And Attached Walls, Banbury

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Cherwell, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022164,155+15.0% since 2012

Land area588.7km²227.3 sq mi

Density279/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#166of 382 UK councils · #146 in England

Population estimates4 data points

142.8K145.6K149.2K164.2K

2012201520182022

Same county

Other councils in Oxfordshire

All councils in South East

Oxford163,257 South Oxfordshire151,820 Vale of White Horse142,116 West Oxfordshire116,928

Elections

16 electoral wards

Census 2021: 161,011 residents in 65,894 households across the wards; 17.4% aged 65+, 65.0% of homes owned, 14.7% of households without a car.

1Bicester South and Ambrosden5,533 households · 6.9% aged 65+14,154 2Banbury Calthorpe and Easington4,624 households · 19.7% aged 65+11,654 3Banbury Ruscote4,377 households · 13.3% aged 65+11,597 4Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown4,469 households · 12.5% aged 65+10,423 5Banbury Hardwick4,266 households · 10.7% aged 65+10,406 6Banbury Cross and Neithrop4,694 households · 17.0% aged 65+10,257

All wards of Cherwell

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

TDeddington Town HallTown hall · Banbury OX15 0SE

Westminster

Constituencies

Banbury · 8 wards Bicester and Woodstock · 8 wards

Source: Wikidata Q1070481 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.