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Electoral wardE05006384

East Retford South ward, Bassetlaw

East Retford South is one of 25 electoral wards of Bassetlaw District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,274 residents in 2,343 households — 1,769 people per km², the 11th 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, 20215,274council ward average 4,712
Households2,3432.25 residents per household
Density1,769/ km²about 2.98 km² · Bassetlaw 185
Aged 65+18.8%Bassetlaw: 22.1% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.6% · 350
5–96.9% · 366
10–157.4% · 389
16–193.8% · 200
20–244.7% · 245
25–3413.9% · 730
35–4918.1% · 955
50–6419.8% · 1,041
65–7411.0% · 578
75–846.1% · 319
85+1.8% · 95

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.1% · 425
1 car or van42.9% · 1,004
2 cars or vans31.1% · 728
3 or more7.9% · 186
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright30.6% · 716
With mortgage32.9% · 770
Shared ownership1.0% · 23
Social rented22.2% · 520
Private rented13.1% · 307
Lives rent free0.3% · 7

Type of home

Detached house31.0% · 726
Semi-detached house37.1% · 869
Terraced house25.4% · 596
Purpose-built flat5.2% · 123
Converted house0.8% · 19
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
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.