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Electoral wardE05012165

Lydney East ward, Forest of Dean

Lydney East is one of 21 electoral wards of Forest of Dean District Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,556 residents in 2,832 households — 787 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Forest of Dean constituency; for county elections it is in the Lydney division.

Residents, 20216,556council ward average 4,143
Households2,8322.31 residents per household
Density787/ km²about 8.33 km² · Forest of Dean 166
Aged 65+19.5%Forest of Dean: 25.1% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.7% · 437
5–96.6% · 436
10–156.4% · 419
16–193.9% · 253
20–245.9% · 390
25–3415.3% · 1,003
35–4916.6% · 1,088
50–6419.2% · 1,259
65–7410.7% · 701
75–846.3% · 414
85+2.5% · 162

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.1% · 483
1 car or van42.3% · 1,197
2 cars or vans30.9% · 876
3 or more9.7% · 276
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Forest of Dean overall: 72.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 13.5% private rented.

Owned outright33.4% · 946
With mortgage28.7% · 812
Shared ownership1.8% · 50
Social rented21.5% · 610
Private rented14.6% · 413

Type of home

Detached house29.9% · 848
Semi-detached house40.7% · 1,152
Terraced house17.8% · 504
Purpose-built flat9.2% · 262
Converted house0.9% · 26
Other conversion0.3% · 9
Above shop / office1.0% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012165
County division
Lydney
Constituency
Forest of Dean
Region
South West
Density rank in council
3 of 21

Parishes in the ward

Lydney

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% owned7,731DDymock29.7% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned1,965HHartpury & Redmarley20.9% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned5,279LLonghope & Huntley31.0% aged 65+ · 83.2% owned3,945LLydbrook22.7% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned2,229LLydney 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

All 21 wards of Forest of Dean

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.