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Kidlington West ward, Cherwell

Kidlington West is one of 16 electoral wards of Cherwell District Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,254 residents in 4,023 households — 556 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bicester and Woodstock constituency; for county elections it is in the Kidlington North & Otmoor and Kidlington West divisions.

Residents, 20219,254council ward average 10,063
Households4,0232.3 residents per household
Density556/ km²about 16.64 km² · Cherwell 274
Aged 65+24.1%Cherwell: 17.4% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 426
5–95.4% · 497
10–156.0% · 555
16–193.2% · 294
20–244.4% · 408
25–3412.5% · 1,154
35–4918.7% · 1,735
50–6421.1% · 1,951
65–7412.5% · 1,154
75–847.7% · 713
85+4.0% · 368

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.9% · 641
1 car or van44.0% · 1,771
2 cars or vans28.4% · 1,144
3 or more11.6% · 467
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright43.1% · 1,732
With mortgage27.6% · 1,111
Shared ownership2.5% · 100
Social rented8.3% · 333
Private rented18.5% · 745

Type of home

Detached house32.8% · 1,321
Semi-detached house34.0% · 1,369
Terraced house20.3% · 816
Purpose-built flat9.8% · 395
Converted house1.7% · 67
Other conversion0.8% · 34
Above shop / office0.3% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 10
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.