Electoral wardE05010640
New Mills West ward, High Peak
New Mills West is one of 28 electoral wards of High Peak Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,186 residents in 1,954 households — 859 people per km², the 8th 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, 20214,186council ward average 3,248
Households1,9542.14 residents per household
Density859/ km²about 4.87 km² · High Peak 169
Aged 65+19.9%High Peak: 21.8% · under 16: 15.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 199
5–95.0% · 208
10–155.8% · 243
16–192.9% · 123
20–244.0% · 166
25–3412.3% · 514
35–4922.2% · 928
50–6423.3% · 974
65–7411.8% · 494
75–846.4% · 267
85+1.7% · 70
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.3% · 318
1 car or van46.3% · 905
2 cars or vans28.8% · 563
3 or more8.6% · 168
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; High Peak overall: 71.0% owned, 12.2% social rented, 16.1% private rented.
Owned outright41.6% · 813
With mortgage32.3% · 631
Shared ownership0.4% · 7
Social rented1.5% · 30
Private rented24.2% · 472
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house21.5% · 421
Semi-detached house27.0% · 528
Terraced house38.2% · 747
Purpose-built flat3.4% · 67
Converted house1.6% · 32
Other conversion5.0% · 98
Above shop / office2.2% · 43
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 18
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010640- Council
- High Peak Borough Council
- County council
- Derbyshire County Council
- County division
- New Mills & Hayfield
- Constituency
- High Peak
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 28
Parishes in the ward
New Mills
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarms21.7% aged 65+ · 59.4% owned1,705BBlackbrook24.0% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned4,596BBurbage18.5% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned2,076BBuxton Central22.5% aged 65+ · 50.8% owned3,600CChapel East22.4% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned2,177CChapel West24.1% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned4,961CCorbar30.0% aged 65+ · 73.7% owned4,033CCote Heath18.2% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned4,105DDinting26.4% aged 65+ · 87.8% owned2,411GGamesley13.1% aged 65+ · 32.8% owned2,407HHadfield North16.6% aged 65+ · 57.9% owned2,343HHadfield South21.2% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned4,200HHayfield28.2% aged 65+ · 76.1% owned1,992HHope Valley31.7% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned3,558
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.