Electoral wardE05012273
Bestwood ward, City of Nottingham
Bestwood is one of 20 electoral wards of Nottingham City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 17,065 residents in 7,363 households — 5,799 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Nottingham North and Kimberley constituency.
Residents, 202117,065council ward average 16,182
Households7,3632.32 residents per household
Density5,799/ km²about 2.94 km² · City of Nottingham 4,338
Aged 65+13.9%City of Nottingham: 11.7% · under 16: 22.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 1,107
5–97.4% · 1,264
10–159.0% · 1,540
16–194.5% · 770
20–245.3% · 907
25–3415.8% · 2,697
35–4919.9% · 3,403
50–6417.6% · 3,005
65–747.1% · 1,213
75–844.9% · 832
85+1.9% · 326
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van39.4% · 2,901
1 car or van41.5% · 3,053
2 cars or vans15.9% · 1,172
3 or more3.2% · 237
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Nottingham overall: 45.2% owned, 25.5% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright20.4% · 1,504
With mortgage24.2% · 1,778
Shared ownership0.2% · 14
Social rented37.2% · 2,741
Private rented17.5% · 1,290
Lives rent free0.4% · 33
Type of home
Detached house4.0% · 291
Semi-detached house44.4% · 3,267
Terraced house30.4% · 2,236
Purpose-built flat20.3% · 1,494
Converted house0.4% · 32
Other conversion0.1% · 8
Above shop / office0.4% · 32
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012273- Council
- Nottingham City Council
- Constituency
- Nottingham North and Kimberley
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 20
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.