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Larklands ward, Erewash

Larklands is one of 19 electoral wards of Erewash Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,638 residents in 3,973 households — 4,082 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Erewash constituency; for county elections it is in the Ilkeston Central division.

Residents, 20218,638council ward average 5,942
Households3,9732.17 residents per household
Density4,082/ km²about 2.12 km² · Erewash 1,030
Aged 65+18.1%Erewash: 20.8% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 495
5–96.0% · 519
10–156.2% · 534
16–193.8% · 330
20–245.8% · 498
25–3415.4% · 1,327
35–4918.9% · 1,636
50–6420.0% · 1,731
65–749.8% · 844
75–846.4% · 556
85+1.9% · 167

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van28.0% · 1,114
1 car or van42.5% · 1,688
2 cars or vans23.0% · 913
3 or more6.5% · 257
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Erewash overall: 69.9% owned, 12.7% social rented, 16.8% private rented.

Owned outright32.2% · 1,280
With mortgage29.2% · 1,162
Shared ownership0.4% · 17
Social rented14.1% · 562
Private rented23.9% · 950
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house16.2% · 645
Semi-detached house40.1% · 1,592
Terraced house32.0% · 1,272
Purpose-built flat9.2% · 366
Converted house1.4% · 54
Other conversion0.4% · 15
Above shop / office0.5% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 9
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.