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Electoral wardE05012151

Thatcham West ward, West Berkshire

Thatcham West is one of 24 electoral wards of West Berkshire Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,319 residents in 2,990 households — 2,269 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newbury constituency.

Residents, 20217,319council ward average 6,727
Households2,9902.45 residents per household
Density2,269/ km²about 3.23 km² · West Berkshire 229
Aged 65+17.7%West Berkshire: 19.5% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 443
5–95.6% · 413
10–156.5% · 477
16–193.8% · 281
20–245.5% · 402
25–3414.7% · 1,079
35–4918.7% · 1,366
50–6421.3% · 1,562
65–7410.7% · 782
75–845.4% · 398
85+1.6% · 119

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.5% · 284
1 car or van38.2% · 1,141
2 cars or vans37.0% · 1,106
3 or more15.3% · 458
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright34.9% · 1,045
With mortgage38.7% · 1,157
Shared ownership1.5% · 45
Social rented12.8% · 384
Private rented12.0% · 359
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house21.8% · 651
Semi-detached house42.9% · 1,282
Terraced house23.5% · 702
Purpose-built flat8.6% · 256
Converted house0.9% · 26
Other conversion0.5% · 14
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Caravan, mobile1.8% · 53
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012151
Constituency
Newbury
Region
South East
Density rank in council
6 of 24

Parishes in the ward

Cold AshThatcham

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 Central15.3% aged 65+ · 65.2% owned7,374TThatcham Colthrop & Crookham21.5% aged 65+ · 82.1% owned3,340TThatcham North East15.0% aged 65+ · 66.1% owned7,740

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.