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Forest of Dean District Council

Local authority area: Forest of Dean

Forest of Dean is a district council in Gloucestershire, in the South West England region of England. It covers 526.3 km² and had 87,937 residents in 2022 — about 167 people per km². The council is based in Coleford.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Forest of Dean, 2012–2022.

Residents, 202287,937+6.3% since 2012

Land area526.3km²203.2 sq mi

Density167/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#346of 382 UK councils · #291 in England

Population estimates4 data points

82.7K84.5K86.5K87.9K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

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Predecessors
West Dean Rural District

Same county

Other councils in Gloucestershire

All councils in South West

Gloucester133,522 Stroud123,205 Cheltenham119,434 Tewkesbury97,000 Cotswold91,563

Elections

21 electoral wards

Census 2021: 87,003 residents in 37,219 households across the wards; 25.1% aged 65+, 72.6% of homes owned, 12.2% of households without a car.

1Coleford3,515 households · 25.2% aged 65+7,731 2Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook3,091 households · 25.0% aged 65+7,344 3Tidenham2,862 households · 25.1% aged 65+7,169 4Newent & Taynton2,985 households · 25.8% aged 65+6,709 5Lydney East2,832 households · 19.5% aged 65+6,556 6Hartpury & Redmarley1,797 households · 20.9% aged 65+5,279

All wards of Forest of Dean

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

PWest Dean Parish CouncilParish council · Lydney GL15 6JW · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Forest of Dean · 21 wards

Source: Wikidata Q902998 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.