Electoral wardE05012161
Dymock ward, Forest of Dean
Dymock is one of 21 electoral wards of Forest of Dean District Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 1,965 residents in 832 households — 38 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Forest of Dean constituency; for county elections it is in the Newent division.
Residents, 20211,965council ward average 4,143
Households8322.36 residents per household
Density38/ km²about 51.04 km² · Forest of Dean 166
Aged 65+29.7%Forest of Dean: 25.1% · under 16: 14.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 74
5–93.9% · 76
10–156.7% · 131
16–193.7% · 72
20–243.5% · 68
25–347.2% · 142
35–4915.0% · 294
50–6426.7% · 524
65–7417.0% · 334
75–849.1% · 179
85+3.6% · 70
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van5.2% · 43
1 car or van29.0% · 241
2 cars or vans39.2% · 326
3 or more26.7% · 222
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Forest of Dean overall: 72.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright52.5% · 437
With mortgage27.5% · 229
Shared ownership1.2% · 10
Social rented6.7% · 56
Private rented11.9% · 99
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house66.8% · 556
Semi-detached house22.2% · 185
Terraced house4.8% · 40
Purpose-built flat2.6% · 22
Converted house2.0% · 17
Other conversion0.5% · 4
Above shop / office0.5% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012161- County council
- Gloucestershire County Council
- County division
- Newent
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 21
Parishes in the ward
DymockGorsley and KilcotKempleyOxenhall
Other wards in the same constituency
BBerry Hill27.6% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned4,323BBream24.2% aged 65+ · 74.4% owned4,885CCinderford East21.3% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned4,448CCinderford West22.0% aged 65+ · 57.1% owned4,324CColeford25.2% aged 65+ · 65.9% owned7,731HHartpury & Redmarley20.9% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned5,279LLonghope & Huntley31.0% aged 65+ · 83.2% owned3,945LLydbrook22.7% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned2,229LLydney East19.5% aged 65+ · 62.1% owned6,556LLydney North31.8% aged 65+ · 89.4% owned1,758LLydney West & Aylburton27.1% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned2,395MMitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook25.0% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned7,344NNewent & Taynton25.8% aged 65+ · 65.4% owned6,709NNewland & Sling28.5% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned2,469
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.