Electoral wardE05010928
Bicester West ward, Cherwell
Bicester West is one of 16 electoral wards of Cherwell District Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,847 residents in 3,523 households — 4,293 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bicester and Woodstock constituency; for county elections it is in the Bicester North and Bicester West divisions.
Residents, 20218,847council ward average 10,063
Households3,5232.51 residents per household
Density4,293/ km²about 2.06 km² · Cherwell 274
Aged 65+19.6%Cherwell: 17.4% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 444
5–95.7% · 507
10–157.0% · 622
16–194.1% · 367
20–244.8% · 429
25–3412.4% · 1,096
35–4919.9% · 1,759
50–6421.4% · 1,892
65–7410.5% · 931
75–846.7% · 592
85+2.4% · 208
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.1% · 532
1 car or van40.5% · 1,428
2 cars or vans31.7% · 1,118
3 or more12.6% · 445
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cherwell overall: 65.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 19.8% private rented.
Owned outright39.2% · 1,380
With mortgage33.4% · 1,175
Shared ownership0.5% · 18
Social rented14.6% · 516
Private rented12.3% · 433
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house29.4% · 1,037
Semi-detached house37.1% · 1,307
Terraced house30.7% · 1,080
Purpose-built flat2.0% · 71
Converted house0.4% · 15
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010928- Council
- Cherwell District Council
- County council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- County division
- Bicester North, Bicester West
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 16
Parishes in the ward
Bicester
Other wards in the same constituency
BBicester East18.1% aged 65+ · 64.2% owned8,759BBicester North and Caversfield9.8% aged 65+ · 65.1% owned9,331BBicester South and Ambrosden6.9% aged 65+ · 58.3% owned14,154FFringford and Heyfords18.3% aged 65+ · 68.0% owned9,560KKidlington East21.8% aged 65+ · 68.4% owned9,754KKidlington West24.1% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned9,254LLaunton and Otmoor20.9% aged 65+ · 76.5% owned8,960
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.