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Electoral wardE05012874

Earlswood & Whitebushes ward, Reigate and Banstead

Earlswood & Whitebushes is one of 15 electoral wards of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,122 residents in 4,182 households — 2,147 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Reigate constituency; for county elections it is in the Earlswood and Reigate South and Redhill East and Redhill West and Meadvale divisions.

Residents, 202110,122council ward average 10,056
Households4,1822.42 residents per household
Density2,147/ km²about 4.71 km² · Reigate and Banstead 1,168
Aged 65+12.6%Reigate and Banstead: 17.7% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.8% · 685
5–96.8% · 692
10–156.6% · 666
16–193.8% · 380
20–244.3% · 438
25–3417.0% · 1,725
35–4924.2% · 2,451
50–6417.9% · 1,809
65–747.3% · 735
75–843.9% · 398
85+1.4% · 143

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.7% · 782
1 car or van46.6% · 1,948
2 cars or vans25.8% · 1,081
3 or more8.9% · 372
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Reigate and Banstead overall: 71.1% owned, 11.5% social rented, 15.7% private rented.

Owned outright26.0% · 1,086
With mortgage38.0% · 1,589
Shared ownership0.9% · 37
Social rented13.5% · 563
Private rented21.7% · 907

Type of home

Detached house12.9% · 539
Semi-detached house30.4% · 1,273
Terraced house22.3% · 931
Purpose-built flat27.0% · 1,129
Converted house3.5% · 146
Other conversion2.6% · 109
Above shop / office0.8% · 35
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 20
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012874
County division
Earlswood and Reigate South, Redhill East, Redhill West and Meadvale
Constituency
Reigate
Region
South East
Density rank in council
5 of 15

Other wards in the same constituency

BBanstead Village25.1% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned10,088CChipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne21.4% aged 65+ · 84.6% owned9,729LLower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton25.9% aged 65+ · 86.0% owned9,862MMeadvale & St John's13.6% aged 65+ · 73.7% owned9,004NNork23.2% aged 65+ · 88.1% owned9,358RRedhill East11.1% aged 65+ · 59.9% owned9,315RRedhill West & Wray Common15.6% aged 65+ · 58.2% owned10,655RReigate20.5% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned10,739SSouth Park & Woodhatch16.4% aged 65+ · 63.6% owned9,144TTattenham Corner & Preston16.2% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned10,550

All 15 wards of Reigate and Banstead

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.