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Selston ward, Ashfield

Selston is one of 23 electoral wards of Ashfield District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,336 residents in 2,708 households — 1,230 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ashfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Selston division.

Residents, 20216,336council ward average 5,491
Households2,7082.34 residents per household
Density1,230/ km²about 5.15 km² · Ashfield 1,153
Aged 65+23.8%Ashfield: 19.7% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 282
5–95.4% · 344
10–157.0% · 441
16–194.3% · 275
20–244.9% · 312
25–3410.0% · 636
35–4917.7% · 1,120
50–6422.3% · 1,415
65–7413.0% · 820
75–848.3% · 523
85+2.6% · 164

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.9% · 377
1 car or van40.8% · 1,104
2 cars or vans32.3% · 875
3 or more13.0% · 351
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.9% · 1,161
With mortgage32.2% · 871
Shared ownership0.4% · 12
Social rented13.0% · 353
Private rented11.3% · 305
Lives rent free0.2% · 6

Type of home

Detached house42.3% · 1,146
Semi-detached house43.2% · 1,170
Terraced house9.7% · 264
Purpose-built flat4.0% · 107
Converted house0.3% · 9
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
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 v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.