Electoral wardE05013423
Chippenham Sheldon ward, Wiltshire
Chippenham Sheldon is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,393 residents in 2,336 households — 4,911 people per km², the 39th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chippenham constituency.
Residents, 20215,393council ward average 5,199
Households2,3362.31 residents per household
Density4,911/ km²about 1.10 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+18.5%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 302
5–96.2% · 337
10–157.5% · 403
16–194.4% · 237
20–245.4% · 292
25–3413.4% · 720
35–4919.3% · 1,041
50–6419.7% · 1,063
65–7410.2% · 548
75–845.8% · 315
85+2.5% · 135
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.1% · 539
1 car or van42.9% · 1,003
2 cars or vans25.1% · 586
3 or more8.9% · 209
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright26.7% · 624
With mortgage28.8% · 674
Shared ownership1.2% · 28
Social rented32.9% · 768
Private rented10.1% · 237
Lives rent free0.3% · 6
Type of home
Detached house7.8% · 183
Semi-detached house35.4% · 826
Terraced house36.0% · 842
Purpose-built flat18.5% · 433
Converted house1.7% · 40
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013423- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 2 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 Hardens & Central17.0% aged 65+ · 58.5% owned3,954CChippenham Lowden & Rowden18.8% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned3,665CChippenham Monkton28.1% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned2,789CChippenham Pewsham13.7% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned5,380CCorsham 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 v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.