Electoral wardE05009707
Woodthorpe ward, Gedling
Woodthorpe is one of 19 electoral wards of Gedling Borough Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,124 residents in 2,494 households — 4,664 people per km², the 9th 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, 20216,124council ward average 6,172
Households2,4942.46 residents per household
Density4,664/ km²about 1.31 km² · Gedling 977
Aged 65+22.7%Gedling: 21.6% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 276
5–95.7% · 350
10–157.6% · 468
16–194.1% · 251
20–244.0% · 247
25–349.7% · 597
35–4918.5% · 1,130
50–6423.1% · 1,414
65–7411.9% · 730
75–847.4% · 455
85+3.4% · 206
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.1% · 303
1 car or van41.1% · 1,026
2 cars or vans36.4% · 908
3 or more10.3% · 257
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gedling overall: 73.9% owned, 9.7% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright49.3% · 1,230
With mortgage37.6% · 937
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented1.0% · 25
Private rented11.9% · 297
Type of home
Detached house65.7% · 1,637
Semi-detached house21.7% · 541
Terraced house1.4% · 35
Purpose-built flat9.8% · 244
Converted house0.6% · 15
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.7% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009707- Council
- Gedling Borough Council
- County council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- County division
- Arnold South
- Constituency
- Gedling
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 5 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% owned8,362PPorchester21.3% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned7,676
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.