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Ashbourne South ward, Derbyshire Dales

Ashbourne South is one of 21 electoral wards of Derbyshire Dales District Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,575 residents in 3,324 households — 158 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Derbyshire Dales constituency; for county elections it is in the Ashbourne South and Dovedale & Ashbourne North divisions.

Residents, 20217,575council ward average 3,407
Households3,3242.28 residents per household
Density158/ km²about 47.91 km² · Derbyshire Dales 90
Aged 65+23.5%Derbyshire Dales: 28.0% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 374
5–95.3% · 399
10–157.1% · 539
16–194.0% · 300
20–244.3% · 329
25–3410.9% · 823
35–4917.4% · 1,321
50–6422.6% · 1,713
65–7411.9% · 902
75–848.1% · 610
85+3.5% · 266

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.4% · 479
1 car or van38.4% · 1,278
2 cars or vans33.7% · 1,120
3 or more13.4% · 447
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Derbyshire Dales overall: 72.0% owned, 12.6% social rented, 14.4% private rented.

Owned outright39.3% · 1,308
With mortgage28.2% · 936
Shared ownership2.3% · 78
Social rented14.0% · 466
Private rented16.2% · 537

Type of home

Detached house44.9% · 1,490
Semi-detached house24.6% · 816
Terraced house20.2% · 672
Purpose-built flat8.5% · 283
Converted house0.6% · 19
Other conversion0.6% · 19
Above shop / office0.6% · 20
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 v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.