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Bicester East ward, Cherwell

Bicester East is one of 16 electoral wards of Cherwell District Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,759 residents in 3,696 households — 3,411 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bicester and Woodstock constituency; for county elections it is in the Bicester East division.

Residents, 20218,759council ward average 10,063
Households3,6962.37 residents per household
Density3,411/ km²about 2.57 km² · Cherwell 274
Aged 65+18.1%Cherwell: 17.4% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 455
5–94.9% · 425
10–157.0% · 609
16–193.7% · 327
20–245.4% · 470
25–3415.0% · 1,313
35–4921.2% · 1,858
50–6419.6% · 1,718
65–749.7% · 847
75–846.2% · 539
85+2.3% · 201

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.5% · 722
1 car or van42.7% · 1,578
2 cars or vans28.2% · 1,043
3 or more9.6% · 354
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Cherwell overall: 65.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 19.8% private rented.

Owned outright31.8% · 1,176
With mortgage32.4% · 1,199
Shared ownership1.0% · 38
Social rented14.2% · 526
Private rented20.5% · 757
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house18.3% · 678
Semi-detached house36.2% · 1,337
Terraced house31.7% · 1,174
Purpose-built flat11.6% · 430
Converted house0.5% · 20
Other conversion0.5% · 20
Above shop / office1.0% · 36
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.