Find a councilTheCouncil Chronicleevery local authority in the United Kingdom
Advertise
Council Chronicle
  1. Home
  2. Councils
  3. West Berkshire
  4. Wards
  5. Tilehurst Birch Copse
Electoral wardE05012154

Tilehurst Birch Copse ward, West Berkshire

Tilehurst Birch Copse is one of 24 electoral wards of West Berkshire Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,864 residents in 3,165 households — 2,353 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Reading West and Mid Berkshire constituency.

Residents, 20217,864council ward average 6,727
Households3,1652.48 residents per household
Density2,353/ km²about 3.34 km² · West Berkshire 229
Aged 65+22.7%West Berkshire: 19.5% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 390
5–96.2% · 491
10–157.6% · 600
16–194.1% · 323
20–244.5% · 357
25–349.7% · 764
35–4918.9% · 1,484
50–6421.2% · 1,667
65–7411.4% · 900
75–848.0% · 631
85+3.3% · 257

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.5% · 458
1 car or van39.4% · 1,247
2 cars or vans34.0% · 1,077
3 or more12.1% · 383
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.7% · 1,446
With mortgage34.0% · 1,075
Shared ownership0.3% · 8
Social rented10.4% · 328
Private rented9.7% · 307
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house21.2% · 670
Semi-detached house52.3% · 1,655
Terraced house12.4% · 391
Purpose-built flat8.0% · 253
Converted house0.4% · 13
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.4% · 14
Caravan, mobile5.2% · 164
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012154
Region
South East
Density rank in council
5 of 24

Parishes in the ward

Tilehurst

Other wards in the same constituency

AAldermaston21.2% aged 65+ · 71.3% owned3,995BBasildon21.6% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned3,493BBradfield15.6% aged 65+ · 63.9% owned4,471BBucklebury25.2% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned3,623BBurghfield & Mortimer20.0% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned10,763DDownlands22.3% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned3,697PPangbourne23.7% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned3,761RRidgeway16.9% aged 65+ · 59.7% owned4,273TTheale18.4% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned3,053TTilehurst & Purley20.9% aged 65+ · 86.8% owned10,640TTilehurst South & Holybrook18.3% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned7,400

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.