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Electoral wardE05012137

Chieveley & Cold Ash ward, West Berkshire

Chieveley & Cold Ash is one of 24 electoral wards of West Berkshire Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,224 residents in 2,776 households — 191 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newbury constituency.

Residents, 20218,224council ward average 6,727
Households2,7762.96 residents per household
Density191/ km²about 43.15 km² · West Berkshire 229
Aged 65+17.7%West Berkshire: 19.5% · under 16: 23.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 341
5–95.7% · 470
10–1513.4% · 1,103
16–197.8% · 641
20–244.0% · 330
25–347.8% · 644
35–4918.3% · 1,506
50–6421.0% · 1,729
65–749.6% · 791
75–846.1% · 503
85+2.0% · 165

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van4.9% · 135
1 car or van27.1% · 752
2 cars or vans43.8% · 1,217
3 or more24.2% · 672
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; West Berkshire overall: 67.6% owned, 14.0% social rented, 17.1% private rented.

Owned outright40.0% · 1,111
With mortgage36.7% · 1,018
Shared ownership1.4% · 39
Social rented7.5% · 208
Private rented14.4% · 400

Type of home

Detached house63.6% · 1,765
Semi-detached house22.4% · 622
Terraced house8.4% · 234
Purpose-built flat2.5% · 70
Converted house0.7% · 20
Other conversion0.3% · 9
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Caravan, mobile1.8% · 50
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012137
Constituency
Newbury
Region
South East
Density rank in council
16 of 24

Parishes in the ward

ChieveleyCold AshHermitageWinterbourne

Other wards in the same constituency

DDownlands22.3% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned3,697HHungerford & Kintbury24.4% aged 65+ · 64.0% owned11,446LLambourn23.2% aged 65+ · 58.3% owned4,222NNewbury Central18.2% aged 65+ · 45.6% owned7,431NNewbury Clay Hill15.4% aged 65+ · 57.3% owned7,545NNewbury Greenham13.2% aged 65+ · 55.0% owned12,830NNewbury Speen24.5% aged 65+ · 59.7% owned7,623NNewbury Wash Common23.3% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned9,318TThatcham Central15.3% aged 65+ · 65.2% owned7,374TThatcham Colthrop & Crookham21.5% aged 65+ · 82.1% owned3,340TThatcham North East15.0% aged 65+ · 66.1% owned7,740TThatcham West17.7% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned7,319

All 24 wards of West Berkshire

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.