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Electoral wardE05012145

Newbury Wash Common ward, West Berkshire

Newbury Wash Common is one of 24 electoral wards of West Berkshire Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,318 residents in 3,643 households — 1,810 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newbury constituency.

Residents, 20219,318council ward average 6,727
Households3,6432.56 residents per household
Density1,810/ km²about 5.15 km² · West Berkshire 229
Aged 65+23.3%West Berkshire: 19.5% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 434
5–97.0% · 649
10–159.3% · 871
16–194.1% · 384
20–243.9% · 363
25–348.3% · 769
35–4920.0% · 1,862
50–6419.5% · 1,816
65–7412.2% · 1,136
75–848.0% · 742
85+3.1% · 292

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.5% · 346
1 car or van37.2% · 1,357
2 cars or vans39.6% · 1,443
3 or more13.6% · 497
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.0% · 1,529
With mortgage35.8% · 1,301
Shared ownership0.7% · 27
Social rented10.2% · 371
Private rented11.2% · 409
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house41.3% · 1,504
Semi-detached house32.3% · 1,175
Terraced house16.1% · 588
Purpose-built flat8.4% · 307
Converted house1.1% · 40
Other conversion0.6% · 21
Above shop / office0.2% · 7
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012145
Constituency
Newbury
Region
South East
Density rank in council
7 of 24

Parishes in the ward

GreenhamNewbury

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 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% owned7,623TThatcham 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.