Electoral wardE05015179
Spire ward, Chesterfield
Spire is one of 16 electoral wards of Chesterfield Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,302 residents in 3,526 households — 1,939 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chesterfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Spire division.
Residents, 20217,302council ward average 6,473
Households3,5262.07 residents per household
Density1,939/ km²about 3.77 km² · Chesterfield 1,568
Aged 65+14.7%Chesterfield: 21.6% · under 16: 16.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 375
5–95.3% · 390
10–156.1% · 447
16–193.3% · 238
20–246.4% · 471
25–3417.7% · 1,289
35–4921.8% · 1,593
50–6419.6% · 1,428
65–747.7% · 565
75–844.4% · 322
85+2.5% · 185
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.4% · 1,035
1 car or van44.6% · 1,570
2 cars or vans21.5% · 757
3 or more4.5% · 160
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Chesterfield overall: 62.6% owned, 20.8% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright25.2% · 889
With mortgage25.1% · 883
Shared ownership0.3% · 11
Social rented7.7% · 273
Private rented41.6% · 1,466
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house12.8% · 451
Semi-detached house24.8% · 874
Terraced house34.6% · 1,219
Purpose-built flat19.5% · 687
Converted house4.5% · 157
Other conversion2.0% · 71
Above shop / office1.9% · 66
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015179- Council
- Chesterfield Borough Council
- County council
- Derbyshire County Council
- County division
- Spire
- Constituency
- Chesterfield
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 16
Council offices in this ward
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% owned9,142LLinacre25.4% aged 65+ · 65.4% owned5,055RRother16.3% aged 65+ · 42.3% owned6,430SStaveley 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.