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Electoral wardE05012141
Newbury Central ward, West Berkshire
Newbury Central is one of 24 electoral wards of West Berkshire Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,431 residents in 3,739 households — 4,770 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newbury constituency.
Residents, 20217,431council ward average 6,727
Households3,7391.99 residents per household
Density4,770/ km²about 1.56 km² · West Berkshire 229
Aged 65+18.2%West Berkshire: 19.5% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 410
5–95.1% · 381
10–155.9% · 436
16–193.2% · 235
20–245.6% · 414
25–3416.7% · 1,239
35–4922.3% · 1,657
50–6417.6% · 1,307
65–748.6% · 639
75–846.6% · 493
85+3.0% · 221
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.4% · 1,098
1 car or van47.0% · 1,759
2 cars or vans19.4% · 724
3 or more4.2% · 158
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; West Berkshire overall: 67.6% owned, 14.0% social rented, 17.1% private rented.
Owned outright23.3% · 870
With mortgage22.4% · 837
Shared ownership1.2% · 46
Social rented20.3% · 760
Private rented32.8% · 1,226
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house9.0% · 338
Semi-detached house17.5% · 655
Terraced house20.6% · 769
Purpose-built flat41.9% · 1,567
Converted house4.4% · 165
Other conversion3.3% · 123
Above shop / office3.0% · 112
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012141- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Constituency
- Newbury
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Newbury
Council offices in this ward
CWest Berkshire Childrens' ServicesCouncil office · RG14 1BDCWest Berkshire CouncilCouncil office · RG14 5LD
Other wards in the same constituency
CChieveley & Cold Ash17.7% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned8,224DDownlands22.3% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned3,697HHungerford & Kintbury24.4% aged 65+ · 64.0% owned11,446LLambourn23.2% aged 65+ · 58.3% owned4,222NNewbury 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
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.