Find a councilTheCouncil Chronicleevery local authority in the United Kingdom
Advertise
Council Chronicle
  1. Home
  2. Councils
  3. Chesterfield
  4. Wards
  5. Whittington Moor
Electoral wardE05015185

Whittington Moor ward, Chesterfield

Whittington Moor is one of 16 electoral wards of Chesterfield Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,046 residents in 3,120 households — 2,999 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chesterfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Brimington and Dunston divisions.

Residents, 20216,046council ward average 6,473
Households3,1201.94 residents per household
Density2,999/ km²about 2.02 km² · Chesterfield 1,568
Aged 65+17.5%Chesterfield: 21.6% · under 16: 15.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 297
5–94.6% · 278
10–155.9% · 358
16–193.8% · 232
20–246.3% · 383
25–3415.8% · 956
35–4919.9% · 1,203
50–6421.2% · 1,285
65–749.2% · 559
75–846.1% · 367
85+2.2% · 131

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van34.8% · 1,086
1 car or van39.9% · 1,244
2 cars or vans20.0% · 623
3 or more5.3% · 166
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright23.9% · 747
With mortgage22.7% · 710
Shared ownership0.1% · 4
Social rented31.3% · 976
Private rented21.6% · 673
Lives rent free0.4% · 12

Type of home

Detached house7.5% · 234
Semi-detached house43.7% · 1,363
Terraced house20.4% · 635
Purpose-built flat24.9% · 775
Converted house1.7% · 54
Other conversion0.4% · 14
Above shop / office1.4% · 43
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015185
County division
Brimington, Dunston
Constituency
Chesterfield
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
5 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% owned7,655WWalton31.6% aged 65+ · 89.4% owned6,442WWhittington22.3% aged 65+ · 63.9% owned8,333

All 16 wards of Chesterfield

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.