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Electoral wardE05014770

Ashley, Bashley & Fernhill ward, New Forest

Ashley, Bashley & Fernhill is one of 26 electoral wards of New Forest District Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,719 residents in 3,376 households — 738 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the New Forest West constituency; for county elections it is in the Brockenhurst and New Milton and New Milton North, Milford & Hordle divisions.

Residents, 20217,719council ward average 6,761
Households3,3762.29 residents per household
Density738/ km²about 10.46 km² · New Forest 234
Aged 65+32.9%New Forest: 29.4% · under 16: 13.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.7% · 282
5–94.4% · 340
10–155.7% · 438
16–193.8% · 296
20–244.3% · 330
25–348.1% · 623
35–4914.6% · 1,125
50–6422.6% · 1,745
65–7416.6% · 1,285
75–8411.6% · 897
85+4.7% · 361

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.7% · 362
1 car or van39.3% · 1,328
2 cars or vans33.4% · 1,127
3 or more16.6% · 561
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; New Forest overall: 74.2% owned, 10.8% social rented, 14.3% private rented.

Owned outright51.9% · 1,751
With mortgage26.2% · 883
Shared ownership0.9% · 31
Social rented11.3% · 383
Private rented9.7% · 327

Type of home

Detached house53.7% · 1,815
Semi-detached house19.3% · 651
Terraced house14.2% · 479
Purpose-built flat7.3% · 248
Converted house0.6% · 19
Other conversion0.2% · 8
Above shop / office0.5% · 17
Caravan, mobile4.2% · 142
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014770
County division
Brockenhurst, New Milton, New Milton North, Milford & Hordle
Constituency
New Forest West
Region
South East
Density rank in council
14 of 26

Parishes in the ward

New Milton

Other wards in the same constituency

BBallard26.4% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned4,046BBarton & Becton50.4% aged 65+ · 87.7% owned7,407BBransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East30.0% aged 65+ · 80.4% owned6,890DDownlands & Forest North30.7% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned2,836FFordingbridge, Godshill & Hyde30.3% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned8,087LLymington34.6% aged 65+ · 66.8% owned8,028MMilford & Hordle41.5% aged 65+ · 83.7% owned10,478MMilton34.0% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned6,377PPennington29.9% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned7,810RRingwood North & Ellingham26.6% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned7,350RRingwood South25.4% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned7,980

All 26 wards of New Forest

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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.