Electoral wardE05009703
Plains ward, Gedling
Plains is one of 19 electoral wards of Gedling Borough Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,362 residents in 3,654 households — 3,493 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gedling constituency; for county elections it is in the Arnold North division.
Residents, 20218,362council ward average 6,172
Households3,6542.29 residents per household
Density3,493/ km²about 2.39 km² · Gedling 977
Aged 65+25.2%Gedling: 21.6% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 402
5–95.5% · 458
10–156.4% · 539
16–193.9% · 323
20–244.2% · 352
25–3411.5% · 959
35–4918.6% · 1,554
50–6419.9% · 1,665
65–7413.3% · 1,109
75–848.9% · 744
85+3.1% · 256
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.9% · 507
1 car or van44.2% · 1,614
2 cars or vans33.0% · 1,207
3 or more8.9% · 327
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gedling overall: 73.9% owned, 9.7% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright47.9% · 1,751
With mortgage35.5% · 1,296
Shared ownership0.5% · 18
Social rented4.2% · 152
Private rented11.9% · 433
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house48.7% · 1,780
Semi-detached house32.7% · 1,196
Terraced house10.6% · 386
Purpose-built flat7.5% · 274
Converted house0.2% · 7
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009703- Council
- Gedling Borough Council
- County council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- County division
- Arnold North
- Constituency
- Gedling
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 19
Other wards in the same constituency
BBestwood St Albans19.3% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned5,463CCarlton20.5% 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% owned5,470PPorchester21.3% 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.