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Electoral wardE05006382

East Retford East ward, Bassetlaw

East Retford East is one of 25 electoral wards of Bassetlaw District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,159 residents in 3,306 households — 789 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bassetlaw constituency; for county elections it is in the Retford East division.

Residents, 20217,159council ward average 4,712
Households3,3062.17 residents per household
Density789/ km²about 9.07 km² · Bassetlaw 185
Aged 65+25.4%Bassetlaw: 22.1% · under 16: 16.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 382
5–95.3% · 378
10–156.0% · 428
16–193.5% · 249
20–245.0% · 359
25–3411.2% · 804
35–4916.9% · 1,208
50–6421.4% · 1,528
65–7412.3% · 878
75–849.0% · 646
85+4.1% · 296

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.4% · 709
1 car or van43.1% · 1,426
2 cars or vans26.1% · 862
3 or more9.3% · 309
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Bassetlaw overall: 68.2% owned, 15.0% social rented, 16.2% private rented.

Owned outright41.3% · 1,367
With mortgage25.2% · 833
Shared ownership0.4% · 12
Social rented16.0% · 529
Private rented16.9% · 560
Lives rent free0.2% · 5

Type of home

Detached house35.7% · 1,180
Semi-detached house31.1% · 1,028
Terraced house20.0% · 663
Purpose-built flat9.8% · 325
Converted house1.3% · 42
Other conversion1.1% · 38
Above shop / office0.9% · 30
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.