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Electoral wardE05010675

Ashfields ward, Ashfield

Ashfields is one of 23 electoral wards of Ashfield District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,985 residents in 1,600 households — 2,267 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ashfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Ashfields division.

Residents, 20213,985council ward average 5,491
Households1,6002.49 residents per household
Density2,267/ km²about 1.76 km² · Ashfield 1,153
Aged 65+12.9%Ashfield: 19.7% · under 16: 19.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 210
5–96.1% · 243
10–158.3% · 330
16–194.9% · 196
20–244.9% · 196
25–3411.6% · 463
35–4923.0% · 917
50–6423.0% · 915
65–748.0% · 318
75–844.1% · 163
85+0.9% · 34

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.4% · 166
1 car or van36.6% · 585
2 cars or vans38.8% · 620
3 or more14.3% · 229
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Ashfield overall: 67.4% owned, 14.9% social rented, 17.1% private rented.

Owned outright32.0% · 512
With mortgage44.7% · 715
Shared ownership1.6% · 26
Social rented10.4% · 166
Private rented11.3% · 181

Type of home

Detached house52.5% · 839
Semi-detached house29.7% · 475
Terraced house14.1% · 225
Purpose-built flat2.0% · 32
Converted house1.4% · 23
Above shop / office0.3% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
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.