Electoral wardE05012157
Bream ward, Forest of Dean
Bream is one of 21 electoral wards of Forest of Dean District Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,885 residents in 2,117 households — 192 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Forest of Dean constituency; for county elections it is in the Blakeney & Bream division.
Residents, 20214,885council ward average 4,143
Households2,1172.31 residents per household
Density192/ km²about 25.48 km² · Forest of Dean 166
Aged 65+24.2%Forest of Dean: 25.1% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 225
5–95.1% · 250
10–156.6% · 321
16–194.3% · 212
20–243.8% · 188
25–3410.1% · 491
35–4916.4% · 800
50–6424.9% · 1,216
65–7413.7% · 671
75–848.0% · 392
85+2.4% · 119
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.7% · 185
1 car or van37.7% · 799
2 cars or vans35.8% · 758
3 or more17.7% · 375
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Forest of Dean overall: 72.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright43.6% · 922
With mortgage30.8% · 652
Shared ownership0.8% · 17
Social rented13.7% · 291
Private rented11.1% · 235
Type of home
Detached house45.2% · 957
Semi-detached house38.4% · 813
Terraced house12.9% · 274
Purpose-built flat1.3% · 28
Converted house0.8% · 18
Other conversion0.9% · 20
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012157- County council
- Gloucestershire County Council
- County division
- Blakeney & Bream
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 21
Parishes in the ward
West Dean
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBerry Hill27.6% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned4,323CCinderford East21.3% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned4,448CCinderford West22.0% aged 65+ · 57.1% owned4,324CColeford25.2% aged 65+ · 65.9% owned7,731DDymock29.7% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned1,965HHartpury & Redmarley20.9% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned5,279LLonghope & Huntley31.0% aged 65+ · 83.2% owned3,945LLydbrook22.7% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned2,229LLydney East19.5% aged 65+ · 62.1% owned6,556LLydney North31.8% aged 65+ · 89.4% owned1,758LLydney West & Aylburton27.1% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned2,395MMitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook25.0% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned7,344NNewent & Taynton25.8% aged 65+ · 65.4% owned6,709NNewland & Sling28.5% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned2,469
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.