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Electoral wardE05012979

Wantage Charlton ward, Vale of White Horse

Wantage Charlton is one of 24 electoral wards of Vale of White Horse District Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,211 residents in 3,211 households — 650 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Didcot and Wantage constituency; for county elections it is in the Charlton, Ardington & Hendreds and Wantage West divisions.

Residents, 20217,211council ward average 5,810
Households3,2112.25 residents per household
Density650/ km²about 11.10 km² · Vale of White Horse 239
Aged 65+21.4%Vale of White Horse: 19.8% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 375
5–95.5% · 397
10–156.7% · 482
16–194.2% · 302
20–245.1% · 368
25–3413.2% · 955
35–4919.1% · 1,374
50–6419.6% · 1,411
65–749.8% · 704
75–847.5% · 542
85+4.2% · 300

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.1% · 548
1 car or van40.7% · 1,307
2 cars or vans32.0% · 1,028
3 or more10.2% · 328
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Vale of White Horse overall: 68.3% owned, 14.2% social rented, 15.6% private rented.

Owned outright33.8% · 1,084
With mortgage30.6% · 981
Shared ownership3.8% · 122
Social rented17.7% · 568
Private rented14.1% · 453
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house22.5% · 723
Semi-detached house37.5% · 1,203
Terraced house17.0% · 545
Purpose-built flat17.2% · 551
Converted house1.2% · 40
Other conversion2.9% · 93
Above shop / office1.7% · 53
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012979
County division
Charlton, Ardington & Hendreds, Wantage West
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage
Region
South East
Density rank in council
8 of 24

Parishes in the ward

Wantage

Other wards in the same constituency

BBlewbury & Harwell16.2% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned9,240DDrayton18.2% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned3,769GGrove North16.2% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned6,498HHendreds17.7% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned3,343RRidgeway25.2% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned3,139SStanford22.9% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned3,833SSteventon & the Hanneys20.8% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned4,207SSutton Courtenay18.4% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned3,405WWantage & Grove Brook21.7% aged 65+ · 69.8% owned7,729

All 24 wards of Vale of White Horse

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.