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Electoral wardE05016400

Cheylesmore ward, Coventry

Cheylesmore is one of 18 electoral wards of Coventry City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 18,631 residents in 7,792 households — 2,678 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202118,631council ward average 19,184
Households7,7922.39 residents per household
Density2,678/ km²about 6.96 km² · Coventry 3,500
Aged 65+18.5%Coventry: 14.6% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 1,001
5–95.4% · 1,000
10–155.9% · 1,105
16–194.6% · 854
20–248.6% · 1,599
25–3415.1% · 2,805
35–4919.3% · 3,594
50–6417.3% · 3,218
65–749.0% · 1,671
75–846.6% · 1,222
85+3.0% · 550

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.6% · 1,918
1 car or van44.9% · 3,496
2 cars or vans23.8% · 1,858
3 or more6.7% · 519
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Coventry overall: 57.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 24.7% private rented.

Owned outright35.8% · 2,789
With mortgage27.8% · 2,163
Shared ownership0.2% · 17
Social rented11.0% · 854
Private rented25.1% · 1,955
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house6.5% · 504
Semi-detached house38.8% · 3,021
Terraced house30.7% · 2,393
Purpose-built flat22.2% · 1,729
Converted house1.1% · 88
Other conversion0.1% · 10
Above shop / office0.5% · 36
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016400
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
16 of 18

Council offices in this ward

All 18 wards of Coventry

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 11 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.