Electoral wardE05015177
Linacre ward, Chesterfield
Linacre is one of 16 electoral wards of Chesterfield Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,055 residents in 2,454 households — 2,331 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chesterfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Linacre & Loundsley Green division.
Residents, 20215,055council ward average 6,473
Households2,4542.06 residents per household
Density2,331/ km²about 2.17 km² · Chesterfield 1,568
Aged 65+25.4%Chesterfield: 21.6% · under 16: 14.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 202
5–94.2% · 211
10–155.8% · 294
16–194.0% · 204
20–244.6% · 234
25–3410.2% · 518
35–4917.0% · 859
50–6424.8% · 1,252
65–7415.3% · 772
75–847.4% · 376
85+2.7% · 134
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.8% · 535
1 car or van40.4% · 992
2 cars or vans28.0% · 687
3 or more9.7% · 239
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Chesterfield overall: 62.6% owned, 20.8% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright40.0% · 979
With mortgage25.4% · 621
Shared ownership0.9% · 22
Social rented26.6% · 650
Private rented7.1% · 173
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house49.8% · 1,221
Semi-detached house23.8% · 585
Terraced house7.3% · 179
Purpose-built flat18.7% · 459
Converted house0.0% · 1
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015177- Council
- Chesterfield Borough Council
- County council
- Derbyshire County Council
- County division
- Linacre & Loundsley Green
- Constituency
- Chesterfield
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 8 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% owned5,806DDunston22.1% aged 65+ · 56.7% owned7,712HHasland23.3% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned9,142RRother16.3% 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.