Electoral wardE05016251
Chippenham Hardens & Central ward, Wiltshire
Chippenham Hardens & Central is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 3,954 residents in 1,797 households — 4,074 people per km², the 92nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chippenham constituency.
Residents, 20213,954council ward average 5,199
Households1,7972.2 residents per household
Density4,074/ km²about 0.97 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+17.0%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 214
5–95.3% · 211
10–156.9% · 274
16–194.0% · 158
20–244.9% · 194
25–3415.2% · 602
35–4918.8% · 745
50–6422.4% · 884
65–748.5% · 336
75–845.9% · 232
85+2.7% · 105
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.3% · 400
1 car or van45.4% · 815
2 cars or vans24.8% · 446
3 or more7.6% · 136
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright28.6% · 515
With mortgage29.9% · 537
Shared ownership1.3% · 23
Social rented18.8% · 338
Private rented21.4% · 384
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house11.7% · 210
Semi-detached house35.6% · 640
Terraced house30.9% · 556
Purpose-built flat14.8% · 267
Converted house3.8% · 69
Other conversion2.5% · 45
Above shop / office0.6% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016251- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 98
Parishes in the ward
Chippenham
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrinkworth26.4% aged 65+ · 81.4% owned4,686CCalne Central22.8% aged 65+ · 65.6% owned4,450CCalne Chilvester & Abberd17.1% aged 65+ · 60.5% owned6,002CCalne North13.7% aged 65+ · 62.9% owned5,113CCalne Rural23.3% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned5,243CChippenham Cepen Park & Derriads17.1% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned5,421CChippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon18.8% aged 65+ · 80.7% owned4,499CChippenham Hardenhuish15.5% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned4,706CChippenham Lowden & Rowden18.8% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned3,665CChippenham Monkton28.1% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned2,789CChippenham Pewsham13.7% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned5,380CChippenham Sheldon18.5% aged 65+ · 55.5% owned5,393CCorsham Ladbrook26.3% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned5,767CCorsham Pickwick17.3% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned5,429
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.