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Bassetlaw District Council

Local authority area: Bassetlaw

Bassetlaw is a district council in Nottinghamshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It covers 637.8 km² and had 120,012 residents in 2022 — about 188 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Worksop.

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Town hall in the administrative centreWorksop Town Hall

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Bassetlaw, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022120,012+6.0% since 2012

Land area637.8km²246.3 sq mi

Density188/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#259of 382 UK councils · #219 in England

Population estimates4 data points

113.2K114.5K116.8K120K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
Bassetlaw became a local authority area.

Abroad

Twinned with

Arpajon-sur-CèreAurillacGarbsen

Same county

Other councils in Nottinghamshire

All councils in East Midlands

Ashfield127,179 Newark and Sherwood125,089 Rushcliffe121,582 Gedling117,730 Broxtowe112,113 Mansfield111,117

Elections

25 electoral wards

Census 2021: 117,797 residents in 51,457 households across the wards; 22.1% aged 65+, 68.2% of homes owned, 17.2% of households without a car.

1Worksop North3,884 households · 14.6% aged 65+9,682 2Harworth3,932 households · 18.1% aged 65+8,886 3Worksop North West3,648 households · 15.1% aged 65+8,369 4Worksop South East3,482 households · 15.5% aged 65+8,307 5East Retford East3,306 households · 25.4% aged 65+7,159 6Worksop South3,229 households · 25.0% aged 65+7,047

All wards of Bassetlaw

Visit

Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

PLangwith Parish CouncilParish council · Mansfield NG20 9EZ · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Bassetlaw · 20 wards Newark · 5 wards

Source: Wikidata Q810508 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.