Electoral wardE05015183
Walton ward, Chesterfield
Walton is one of 16 electoral wards of Chesterfield Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,442 residents in 2,972 households — 3,115 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chesterfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Walton, Brampton & Boythorpe division.
Residents, 20216,442council ward average 6,473
Households2,9722.17 residents per household
Density3,115/ km²about 2.07 km² · Chesterfield 1,568
Aged 65+31.6%Chesterfield: 21.6% · under 16: 14.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 268
5–94.2% · 273
10–155.7% · 365
16–193.1% · 197
20–243.4% · 221
25–348.8% · 564
35–4916.0% · 1,029
50–6423.1% · 1,489
65–7417.1% · 1,099
75–8410.8% · 696
85+3.7% · 237
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.8% · 351
1 car or van40.9% · 1,215
2 cars or vans36.0% · 1,070
3 or more11.4% · 338
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Chesterfield overall: 62.6% owned, 20.8% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright58.5% · 1,743
With mortgage30.8% · 917
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented1.6% · 48
Private rented8.8% · 263
Type of home
Detached house58.8% · 1,748
Semi-detached house33.8% · 1,006
Terraced house5.1% · 153
Purpose-built flat1.6% · 49
Converted house0.3% · 10
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.0% · 1
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015183- Council
- Chesterfield Borough Council
- County council
- Derbyshire County Council
- County division
- Walton, Brampton & Boythorpe
- Constituency
- Chesterfield
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 4 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% owned9,142LLinacre25.4% 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% owned7,655WWhittington22.3% 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.