Electoral wardE05009704
Porchester ward, Gedling
Porchester is one of 19 electoral wards of Gedling Borough Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,676 residents in 3,464 households — 3,398 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gedling constituency; for county elections it is in the Arnold South division.
Residents, 20217,676council ward average 6,172
Households3,4642.22 residents per household
Density3,398/ km²about 2.26 km² · Gedling 977
Aged 65+21.3%Gedling: 21.6% · under 16: 16.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 397
5–95.1% · 392
10–156.3% · 482
16–193.4% · 262
20–243.8% · 291
25–3411.7% · 898
35–4920.1% · 1,547
50–6423.1% · 1,771
65–7411.5% · 884
75–846.7% · 515
85+3.1% · 240
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.6% · 608
1 car or van44.3% · 1,536
2 cars or vans29.6% · 1,025
3 or more8.5% · 295
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gedling overall: 73.9% owned, 9.7% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright42.4% · 1,467
With mortgage37.9% · 1,312
Shared ownership0.4% · 14
Social rented5.4% · 188
Private rented13.8% · 479
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house41.9% · 1,450
Semi-detached house38.8% · 1,343
Terraced house3.3% · 113
Purpose-built flat13.7% · 473
Converted house1.6% · 57
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.7% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009704- Council
- Gedling Borough Council
- County council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- County division
- Arnold South
- Constituency
- Gedling
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 10 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% owned5,470PPlains25.2% aged 65+ · 83.4% owned8,362RRedhill20.9% 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.