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Amberley and Woodchester ward, Stroud

Amberley and Woodchester is one of 27 electoral wards of Stroud District Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 2,156 residents in 938 households — 281 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stroud constituency; for county elections it is in the Nailsworth division.

Residents, 20212,156council ward average 4,482
Households9382.3 residents per household
Density281/ km²about 7.68 km² · Stroud 270
Aged 65+32.9%Stroud: 23.3% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.2% · 69
5–95.5% · 119
10–157.3% · 159
16–193.7% · 79
20–243.7% · 79
25–345.5% · 119
35–4916.5% · 358
50–6421.7% · 470
65–7417.2% · 372
75–8411.1% · 241
85+4.6% · 99

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.5% · 89
1 car or van32.2% · 302
2 cars or vans40.3% · 378
3 or more18.0% · 169
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Stroud overall: 72.6% owned, 12.3% social rented, 13.7% private rented.

Owned outright54.9% · 516
With mortgage28.9% · 272
Shared ownership0.6% · 6
Social rented5.6% · 53
Private rented9.9% · 93

Type of home

Detached house54.0% · 505
Semi-detached house25.2% · 236
Terraced house15.0% · 140
Purpose-built flat1.2% · 11
Converted house2.4% · 22
Other conversion1.6% · 15
Above shop / office0.6% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
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.