Electoral wardE05010646
Stone Bench ward, High Peak
Stone Bench is one of 28 electoral wards of High Peak Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,471 residents in 1,842 households — 1,698 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the High Peak constituency; for county elections it is in the Buxton North & East division.
Residents, 20214,471council ward average 3,248
Households1,8422.43 residents per household
Density1,698/ km²about 2.63 km² · High Peak 169
Aged 65+14.9%High Peak: 21.8% · under 16: 23.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.1% · 315
5–97.8% · 347
10–158.3% · 373
16–194.7% · 208
20–245.8% · 261
25–3413.3% · 594
35–4917.4% · 778
50–6420.7% · 927
65–748.2% · 366
75–845.1% · 229
85+1.6% · 70
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.8% · 383
1 car or van48.9% · 900
2 cars or vans23.0% · 423
3 or more7.4% · 136
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; High Peak overall: 71.0% owned, 12.2% social rented, 16.1% private rented.
Owned outright28.7% · 529
With mortgage26.5% · 489
Shared ownership0.5% · 10
Social rented30.3% · 558
Private rented13.7% · 252
Lives rent free0.2% · 4
Type of home
Detached house2.8% · 51
Semi-detached house46.6% · 857
Terraced house42.1% · 774
Purpose-built flat7.6% · 139
Converted house0.5% · 10
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.3% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010646- Council
- High Peak Borough Council
- County council
- Derbyshire County Council
- County division
- Buxton North & East
- Constituency
- High Peak
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 28
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarms21.7% aged 65+ · 59.4% owned1,705BBlackbrook24.0% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned4,596BBurbage18.5% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned2,076BBuxton Central22.5% aged 65+ · 50.8% owned3,600CChapel East22.4% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned2,177CChapel West24.1% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned4,961CCorbar30.0% aged 65+ · 73.7% owned4,033CCote Heath18.2% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned4,105DDinting26.4% aged 65+ · 87.8% owned2,411GGamesley13.1% aged 65+ · 32.8% owned2,407HHadfield North16.6% aged 65+ · 57.9% owned2,343HHadfield South21.2% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned4,200HHayfield28.2% aged 65+ · 76.1% owned1,992HHope Valley31.7% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned3,558
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.