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Ashurst, Bramshaw, Copythorne & Netley Marsh ward, New Forest

Ashurst, Bramshaw, Copythorne & Netley Marsh is one of 26 electoral wards of New Forest District Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,801 residents in 2,761 households — 176 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the New Forest East constituency; for county elections it is in the Brockenhurst and Lyndhurst & Fordingbridge and Totton North & Netley Marsh divisions.

Residents, 20216,801council ward average 6,761
Households2,7612.46 residents per household
Density176/ km²about 38.71 km² · New Forest 234
Aged 65+32.8%New Forest: 29.4% · under 16: 12.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.1% · 211
5–94.2% · 288
10–155.5% · 371
16–193.9% · 267
20–243.9% · 263
25–346.4% · 433
35–4915.3% · 1,039
50–6425.0% · 1,699
65–7415.7% · 1,066
75–8411.6% · 787
85+5.5% · 374

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van5.7% · 156
1 car or van28.8% · 795
2 cars or vans40.2% · 1,110
3 or more25.4% · 700
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright56.0% · 1,549
With mortgage31.8% · 878
Shared ownership0.1% · 2
Social rented3.3% · 92
Private rented8.8% · 244

Type of home

Detached house75.3% · 2,082
Semi-detached house15.6% · 432
Terraced house3.3% · 92
Purpose-built flat1.0% · 28
Converted house1.0% · 29
Other conversion0.3% · 9
Above shop / office0.6% · 17
Caravan, mobile2.7% · 76
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.