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Sherwood ward, City of Nottingham

Sherwood is one of 20 electoral wards of Nottingham City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 15,822 residents in 6,738 households — 4,962 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Nottingham East constituency.

Residents, 202115,822council ward average 16,182
Households6,7382.35 residents per household
Density4,962/ km²about 3.19 km² · City of Nottingham 4,338
Aged 65+15.3%City of Nottingham: 11.7% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 776
5–95.9% · 933
10–156.6% · 1,050
16–193.9% · 617
20–246.1% · 959
25–3417.0% · 2,682
35–4922.1% · 3,503
50–6418.2% · 2,881
65–748.2% · 1,304
75–844.5% · 718
85+2.5% · 399

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van32.9% · 2,221
1 car or van44.7% · 3,016
2 cars or vans18.4% · 1,240
3 or more3.9% · 264
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright27.8% · 1,876
With mortgage29.8% · 2,006
Shared ownership0.1% · 10
Social rented16.6% · 1,121
Private rented25.4% · 1,713
Lives rent free0.2% · 12

Type of home

Detached house15.6% · 1,054
Semi-detached house40.4% · 2,721
Terraced house24.8% · 1,671
Purpose-built flat12.3% · 830
Converted house4.6% · 313
Other conversion0.8% · 55
Above shop / office1.3% · 90
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.