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Electoral wardE05012276

Bulwell Forest ward, City of Nottingham

Bulwell Forest is one of 20 electoral wards of Nottingham City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 13,997 residents in 6,035 households — 4,224 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Nottingham North and Kimberley constituency.

Residents, 202113,997council ward average 16,182
Households6,0352.32 residents per household
Density4,224/ km²about 3.31 km² · City of Nottingham 4,338
Aged 65+20.9%City of Nottingham: 11.7% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 839
5–96.1% · 853
10–157.1% · 988
16–194.1% · 569
20–245.1% · 712
25–3413.1% · 1,829
35–4917.7% · 2,482
50–6420.0% · 2,804
65–7410.7% · 1,501
75–847.5% · 1,046
85+2.7% · 374

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.5% · 1,660
1 car or van47.0% · 2,835
2 cars or vans20.5% · 1,238
3 or more5.0% · 302
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; City of Nottingham overall: 45.2% owned, 25.5% social rented, 28.6% private rented.

Owned outright37.6% · 2,268
With mortgage30.2% · 1,825
Shared ownership0.4% · 25
Social rented15.2% · 919
Private rented16.4% · 992
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house35.7% · 2,157
Semi-detached house30.2% · 1,824
Terraced house23.6% · 1,422
Purpose-built flat9.1% · 550
Converted house0.5% · 32
Other conversion0.3% · 21
Above shop / office0.4% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 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.