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Electoral wardE05012159
Cinderford West ward, Forest of Dean
Cinderford West is one of 21 electoral wards of Forest of Dean District Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,324 residents in 2,033 households — 296 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Forest of Dean constituency; for county elections it is in the Cinderford and Drybrook & Lydbrook divisions.
Residents, 20214,324council ward average 4,143
Households2,0332.13 residents per household
Density296/ km²about 14.63 km² · Forest of Dean 166
Aged 65+22.0%Forest of Dean: 25.1% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 226
5–95.8% · 253
10–156.3% · 273
16–193.8% · 163
20–245.1% · 222
25–3413.3% · 575
35–4917.8% · 772
50–6420.6% · 892
65–7411.6% · 500
75–847.9% · 340
85+2.5% · 110
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.9% · 485
1 car or van41.2% · 837
2 cars or vans25.0% · 508
3 or more10.0% · 203
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Forest of Dean overall: 72.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright32.9% · 670
With mortgage24.2% · 492
Shared ownership0.5% · 10
Social rented23.1% · 469
Private rented19.3% · 392
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house23.8% · 485
Semi-detached house36.9% · 751
Terraced house21.7% · 441
Purpose-built flat11.0% · 224
Converted house2.0% · 40
Other conversion1.0% · 21
Above shop / office0.8% · 17
Caravan, mobile2.7% · 55
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012159- County council
- Gloucestershire County Council
- County division
- Cinderford, Drybrook & Lydbrook
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Cinderford
Other wards in the same constituency
BBerry Hill27.6% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned4,323BBream24.2% aged 65+ · 74.4% owned4,885CCinderford East21.3% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned4,448CColeford25.2% 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.