Electoral wardE05012171
Newnham ward, Forest of Dean
Newnham is one of 21 electoral wards of Forest of Dean District Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,738 residents in 2,056 households — 117 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Forest of Dean constituency; for county elections it is in the Blakeney & Bream division.
Residents, 20214,738council ward average 4,143
Households2,0562.3 residents per household
Density117/ km²about 40.63 km² · Forest of Dean 166
Aged 65+26.3%Forest of Dean: 25.1% · under 16: 15.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 198
5–94.7% · 224
10–156.1% · 289
16–193.9% · 187
20–244.4% · 207
25–349.2% · 436
35–4917.4% · 824
50–6423.8% · 1,129
65–7414.1% · 668
75–849.0% · 426
85+3.2% · 150
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.1% · 207
1 car or van37.5% · 772
2 cars or vans35.3% · 725
3 or more17.1% · 352
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Forest of Dean overall: 72.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright44.9% · 924
With mortgage28.1% · 577
Shared ownership0.5% · 10
Social rented12.2% · 250
Private rented14.3% · 293
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house44.0% · 904
Semi-detached house33.0% · 678
Terraced house17.5% · 359
Purpose-built flat1.6% · 32
Converted house1.8% · 37
Other conversion1.0% · 21
Above shop / office0.8% · 17
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012171- County council
- Gloucestershire County Council
- County division
- Blakeney & Bream
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 21
Parishes in the ward
AwreLittledeanNewnhamRuspidge and Soudley
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 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% owned6,709
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.