Electoral wardE05015522
Oakwood ward, City of Derby
Oakwood is one of 18 electoral wards of Derby City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 11,753 residents in 4,982 households — 4,446 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Derby North and Mid Derbyshire constituencies.
Residents, 202111,753council ward average 14,521
Households4,9822.36 residents per household
Density4,446/ km²about 2.64 km² · City of Derby 3,350
Aged 65+16.8%City of Derby: 16.4% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 594
5–95.4% · 640
10–156.3% · 735
16–193.7% · 440
20–246.9% · 807
25–3414.5% · 1,706
35–4918.3% · 2,150
50–6423.0% · 2,703
65–7410.1% · 1,186
75–845.1% · 598
85+1.7% · 195
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.2% · 506
1 car or van41.6% · 2,071
2 cars or vans36.3% · 1,809
3 or more11.9% · 593
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Derby overall: 59.0% owned, 18.8% social rented, 21.3% private rented.
Owned outright40.0% · 1,991
With mortgage37.8% · 1,883
Shared ownership0.4% · 18
Social rented5.4% · 270
Private rented16.5% · 820
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house52.6% · 2,619
Semi-detached house34.5% · 1,719
Terraced house11.5% · 575
Purpose-built flat0.9% · 46
Converted house0.2% · 8
Other conversion0.1% · 7
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015522- Council
- Derby City Council
- Constituency
- Derby North, Mid Derbyshire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 18
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbbey12.0% aged 65+ · 34.2% owned12,851AAllestree29.3% aged 65+ · 87.5% owned13,545AArboretum8.3% aged 65+ · 30.5% owned17,049CChaddesden East21.4% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned10,535CChaddesden North14.6% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned9,405CChaddesden West13.9% aged 65+ · 51.1% owned9,453DDarley15.3% aged 65+ · 42.6% owned16,833LLittleover17.4% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned15,127MMackworth & New Zealand12.8% aged 65+ · 47.7% owned15,499MMickleover26.1% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned14,696NNormanton7.8% aged 65+ · 44.8% owned22,792SSpondon25.1% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned12,651
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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.