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Thatcham Colthrop & Crookham ward, West Berkshire

Thatcham Colthrop & Crookham is one of 24 electoral wards of West Berkshire Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,340 residents in 1,411 households — 273 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newbury constituency.

Residents, 20213,340council ward average 6,727
Households1,4112.37 residents per household
Density273/ km²about 12.25 km² · West Berkshire 229
Aged 65+21.5%West Berkshire: 19.5% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 150
5–94.8% · 161
10–156.6% · 220
16–193.8% · 126
20–244.1% · 138
25–3411.0% · 366
35–4918.1% · 605
50–6425.6% · 856
65–7412.6% · 420
75–846.4% · 215
85+2.5% · 83

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.1% · 114
1 car or van39.6% · 559
2 cars or vans37.1% · 524
3 or more15.2% · 214
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.8% · 632
With mortgage37.3% · 526
Shared ownership0.9% · 12
Social rented4.6% · 65
Private rented12.4% · 175

Type of home

Detached house46.4% · 654
Semi-detached house27.4% · 387
Terraced house11.1% · 156
Purpose-built flat6.0% · 84
Converted house0.6% · 9
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.3% · 4
Caravan, mobile8.1% · 114
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.