Electoral wardE05014622
Ling Forest ward, Mansfield
Ling Forest is one of 36 electoral wards of Mansfield District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,239 residents in 1,427 households — 3,810 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mansfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Mansfield East division.
Residents, 20213,239council ward average 3,157
Households1,4272.27 residents per household
Density3,810/ km²about 0.85 km² · Mansfield 1,440
Aged 65+26.0%Mansfield: 19.3% · under 16: 14.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 137
5–94.2% · 137
10–156.1% · 196
16–193.0% · 97
20–244.3% · 139
25–3410.0% · 323
35–4917.4% · 562
50–6424.9% · 806
65–7414.7% · 475
75–849.0% · 290
85+2.4% · 77
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.9% · 156
1 car or van41.4% · 591
2 cars or vans34.9% · 498
3 or more12.8% · 182
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Mansfield overall: 64.1% owned, 16.4% social rented, 18.9% private rented.
Owned outright50.9% · 727
With mortgage37.5% · 536
Shared ownership0.2% · 3
Social rented2.2% · 32
Private rented9.1% · 130
Type of home
Detached house36.4% · 520
Semi-detached house61.3% · 876
Terraced house1.3% · 19
Purpose-built flat0.4% · 6
Converted house0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.4% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014622- Council
- Mansfield District Council
- County council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- County division
- Mansfield East
- Constituency
- Mansfield
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 35
Other wards in the same constituency
BBancroft11.8% aged 65+ · 46.0% owned3,370BBerry Hill23.2% aged 65+ · 92.5% owned3,715BBrick Kiln22.0% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned4,340CCarr Bank11.8% aged 65+ · 43.6% owned3,095CCentral8.0% aged 65+ · 31.7% owned2,216EEakring18.2% aged 65+ · 50.2% owned3,418GGrange Farm25.5% aged 65+ · 86.4% owned1,667HHolly Forest Town16.9% aged 65+ · 86.1% owned4,674HHornby21.9% aged 65+ · 75.9% owned3,431KKings Walk6.7% aged 65+ · 68.0% owned3,138KKingsway Forest Town22.8% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned3,642MManor27.4% aged 65+ · 81.9% owned3,028MMarket Warsop20.8% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned4,796MMaun Valley Forest Town25.3% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned1,452
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.