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Electoral wardE05012148

Thatcham Central ward, West Berkshire

Thatcham Central is one of 24 electoral wards of West Berkshire Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,374 residents in 3,137 households — 5,744 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newbury constituency.

Residents, 20217,374council ward average 6,727
Households3,1372.35 residents per household
Density5,744/ km²about 1.28 km² · West Berkshire 229
Aged 65+15.3%West Berkshire: 19.5% · under 16: 20.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 418
5–96.9% · 510
10–158.4% · 617
16–194.1% · 299
20–244.9% · 365
25–3413.0% · 958
35–4922.4% · 1,655
50–6419.4% · 1,429
65–748.8% · 650
75–844.6% · 338
85+1.9% · 137

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.3% · 449
1 car or van42.5% · 1,333
2 cars or vans32.7% · 1,026
3 or more10.5% · 329
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright28.1% · 883
With mortgage37.0% · 1,161
Shared ownership2.2% · 68
Social rented15.0% · 472
Private rented17.6% · 553

Type of home

Detached house19.8% · 621
Semi-detached house38.1% · 1,197
Terraced house23.2% · 728
Purpose-built flat15.8% · 497
Converted house1.2% · 39
Other conversion0.5% · 17
Above shop / office1.2% · 38
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012148
Constituency
Newbury
Region
South East
Density rank in council
1 of 24

Parishes in the ward

Thatcham

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% owned7,623NNewbury Wash Common23.3% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned9,318TThatcham 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.