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New Mills East ward, High Peak

New Mills East is one of 28 electoral wards of High Peak Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,029 residents in 1,808 households — 608 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the High Peak constituency; for county elections it is in the New Mills & Hayfield division.

Residents, 20214,029council ward average 3,248
Households1,8082.23 residents per household
Density608/ km²about 6.63 km² · High Peak 169
Aged 65+19.3%High Peak: 21.8% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 221
5–95.8% · 232
10–156.5% · 262
16–194.0% · 163
20–244.6% · 185
25–3413.5% · 544
35–4919.4% · 780
50–6421.4% · 861
65–7411.0% · 444
75–846.4% · 256
85+2.0% · 79

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.9% · 377
1 car or van46.7% · 844
2 cars or vans25.3% · 457
3 or more7.2% · 130
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; High Peak overall: 71.0% owned, 12.2% social rented, 16.1% private rented.

Owned outright32.2% · 582
With mortgage30.3% · 547
Shared ownership0.7% · 13
Social rented24.9% · 450
Private rented11.7% · 211
Lives rent free0.3% · 5

Type of home

Detached house9.1% · 165
Semi-detached house41.0% · 741
Terraced house43.4% · 785
Purpose-built flat4.6% · 83
Converted house0.7% · 12
Other conversion1.2% · 21
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
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.