Electoral wardE05009689
Bestwood St Albans ward, Gedling
Bestwood St Albans is one of 19 electoral wards of Gedling Borough Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,463 residents in 2,358 households — 513 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gedling constituency; for county elections it is in the Arnold North and Newstead divisions.
Residents, 20215,463council ward average 6,172
Households2,3582.32 residents per household
Density513/ km²about 10.65 km² · Gedling 977
Aged 65+19.3%Gedling: 21.6% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 295
5–95.5% · 298
10–156.8% · 369
16–193.9% · 214
20–245.0% · 274
25–3413.8% · 753
35–4918.7% · 1,021
50–6421.7% · 1,186
65–7411.9% · 650
75–845.7% · 312
85+1.7% · 91
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.0% · 402
1 car or van46.1% · 1,086
2 cars or vans29.0% · 684
3 or more7.9% · 186
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gedling overall: 73.9% owned, 9.7% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright38.3% · 904
With mortgage35.9% · 847
Shared ownership0.5% · 12
Social rented10.5% · 248
Private rented14.7% · 347
Type of home
Detached house32.1% · 758
Semi-detached house35.7% · 841
Terraced house22.0% · 519
Purpose-built flat6.9% · 162
Converted house0.3% · 7
Other conversion0.3% · 6
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile2.7% · 63
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009689- Council
- Gedling Borough Council
- County council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- County division
- Arnold North, Newstead
- Constituency
- Gedling
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 19
Parishes in the ward
Bestwood VillageSt. Albans
Other wards in the same constituency
CCarlton20.5% aged 65+ · 69.5% owned5,629CCarlton Hill18.0% aged 65+ · 66.4% owned9,106CCavendish22.8% aged 65+ · 66.2% owned5,176CColwick14.2% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned2,777CCoppice21.7% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned5,959DDaybrook15.7% aged 65+ · 57.6% owned6,028DDumbles32.5% aged 65+ · 85.5% owned2,882EErnehale22.6% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned6,220GGedling20.5% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned6,332NNetherfield14.3% aged 65+ · 50.2% owned5,589PPhoenix18.5% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned5,470PPlains25.2% aged 65+ · 83.4% owned8,362PPorchester21.3% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned7,676RRedhill20.9% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned6,609
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.