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Sherwood ward, Mansfield

Sherwood is one of 36 electoral wards of Mansfield District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,454 residents in 1,503 households — 1,972 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bolsover and Mansfield constituencies; for county elections it is in the Mansfield West and Mansfield North divisions.

Residents, 20213,454council ward average 3,157
Households1,5032.3 residents per household
Density1,972/ km²about 1.75 km² · Mansfield 1,440
Aged 65+18.5%Mansfield: 19.3% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 192
5–95.8% · 199
10–157.1% · 244
16–193.8% · 131
20–244.3% · 149
25–3413.9% · 479
35–4920.9% · 722
50–6420.2% · 698
65–749.7% · 335
75–846.5% · 223
85+2.3% · 81

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.6% · 280
1 car or van41.8% · 628
2 cars or vans31.0% · 466
3 or more8.6% · 129
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.7% · 506
With mortgage35.5% · 533
Shared ownership0.5% · 8
Social rented12.2% · 184
Private rented17.8% · 267
Lives rent free0.3% · 5

Type of home

Detached house27.9% · 419
Semi-detached house44.5% · 668
Terraced house19.5% · 293
Purpose-built flat7.1% · 106
Converted house0.7% · 11
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
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.