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Electoral wardE05015173

Brimington South ward, Chesterfield

Brimington South is one of 16 electoral wards of Chesterfield Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,011 residents in 2,771 households — 1,149 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chesterfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Brimington division.

Residents, 20216,011council ward average 6,473
Households2,7712.17 residents per household
Density1,149/ km²about 5.23 km² · Chesterfield 1,568
Aged 65+26.1%Chesterfield: 21.6% · under 16: 13.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 250
5–94.3% · 257
10–155.3% · 316
16–192.9% · 172
20–244.7% · 282
25–3411.6% · 698
35–4917.0% · 1,022
50–6424.1% · 1,448
65–7413.5% · 810
75–848.7% · 526
85+3.9% · 232

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.1% · 529
1 car or van40.0% · 1,109
2 cars or vans30.0% · 831
3 or more10.9% · 303
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Chesterfield overall: 62.6% owned, 20.8% social rented, 16.2% private rented.

Owned outright43.7% · 1,213
With mortgage30.3% · 840
Shared ownership0.1% · 2
Social rented15.7% · 435
Private rented10.1% · 280
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house36.5% · 1,010
Semi-detached house46.7% · 1,293
Terraced house11.2% · 309
Purpose-built flat4.9% · 135
Converted house0.5% · 14
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
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.