Electoral wardE05015175
Dunston ward, Chesterfield
Dunston is one of 16 electoral wards of Chesterfield Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,712 residents in 3,550 households — 1,688 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chesterfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Dunston division.
Residents, 20217,712council ward average 6,473
Households3,5502.17 residents per household
Density1,688/ km²about 4.57 km² · Chesterfield 1,568
Aged 65+22.1%Chesterfield: 21.6% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 423
5–96.0% · 465
10–156.7% · 518
16–193.9% · 297
20–245.0% · 384
25–3412.6% · 968
35–4917.9% · 1,382
50–6420.3% · 1,567
65–7411.0% · 845
75–848.0% · 616
85+3.1% · 241
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.3% · 936
1 car or van42.0% · 1,493
2 cars or vans24.1% · 856
3 or more7.5% · 268
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Chesterfield overall: 62.6% owned, 20.8% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright31.6% · 1,121
With mortgage25.1% · 892
Shared ownership0.3% · 11
Social rented32.5% · 1,156
Private rented10.3% · 366
Lives rent free0.2% · 7
Type of home
Detached house14.9% · 528
Semi-detached house65.1% · 2,308
Terraced house8.7% · 307
Purpose-built flat10.2% · 361
Converted house0.8% · 30
Above shop / office0.3% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015175- Council
- Chesterfield Borough Council
- County council
- Derbyshire County Council
- County division
- Dunston
- Constituency
- Chesterfield
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 16
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrampton East & Boythorpe19.7% aged 65+ · 46.1% owned5,879BBrampton West & Loundsley Green28.8% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned6,311BBrimington North15.4% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned4,254BBrimington South26.1% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned6,011BBrockwell24.8% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned5,806HHasland23.3% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned9,142LLinacre25.4% aged 65+ · 65.4% owned5,055RRother16.3% aged 65+ · 42.3% owned6,430SSpire14.7% aged 65+ · 50.3% owned7,302SStaveley Central16.3% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned6,371SStaveley South21.7% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned7,655WWalton31.6% aged 65+ · 89.4% owned6,442WWhittington22.3% aged 65+ · 63.9% owned8,333WWhittington Moor17.5% aged 65+ · 46.7% owned6,046
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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.