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Chippenham Pewsham ward, Wiltshire

Chippenham Pewsham is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,380 residents in 2,342 households — 1,312 people per km², the 40th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chippenham constituency.

Residents, 20215,380council ward average 5,199
Households2,3422.3 residents per household
Density1,312/ km²about 4.10 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+13.7%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 261
5–94.8% · 260
10–156.3% · 338
16–194.5% · 244
20–245.8% · 314
25–3413.7% · 738
35–4919.6% · 1,054
50–6426.7% · 1,434
65–749.2% · 495
75–843.6% · 195
85+0.9% · 47

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.4% · 198
1 car or van42.6% · 999
2 cars or vans35.1% · 822
3 or more13.9% · 326
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.

Owned outright35.4% · 828
With mortgage38.7% · 907
Shared ownership0.6% · 15
Social rented3.5% · 82
Private rented21.7% · 509

Type of home

Detached house41.1% · 962
Semi-detached house24.0% · 563
Terraced house31.0% · 726
Purpose-built flat3.1% · 72
Converted house0.4% · 10
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.