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Oakham ward, Mansfield

Oakham is one of 36 electoral wards of Mansfield District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,392 residents in 1,484 households — 1,653 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mansfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Mansfield South division.

Residents, 20213,392council ward average 3,157
Households1,4842.29 residents per household
Density1,653/ km²about 2.05 km² · Mansfield 1,440
Aged 65+19.2%Mansfield: 19.3% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 178
5–95.8% · 198
10–156.7% · 227
16–193.3% · 111
20–244.5% · 152
25–3412.8% · 434
35–4919.9% · 675
50–6422.4% · 760
65–7411.2% · 379
75–845.7% · 193
85+2.3% · 79

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.7% · 234
1 car or van42.5% · 632
2 cars or vans31.4% · 467
3 or more10.3% · 153
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Mansfield overall: 64.1% owned, 16.4% social rented, 18.9% private rented.

Owned outright40.8% · 605
With mortgage37.8% · 561
Shared ownership0.3% · 5
Social rented2.5% · 37
Private rented18.5% · 275
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house35.8% · 532
Semi-detached house41.4% · 614
Terraced house18.1% · 269
Purpose-built flat3.0% · 45
Converted house1.4% · 21
Other conversion0.1% · 1
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 v3.0This 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.