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Electoral wardE05014772

Ballard ward, New Forest

Ballard is one of 26 electoral wards of New Forest District Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,046 residents in 1,884 households — 4,619 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the New Forest West constituency; for county elections it is in the New Milton North, Milford & Hordle division.

Residents, 20214,046council ward average 6,761
Households1,8842.15 residents per household
Density4,619/ km²about 0.88 km² · New Forest 234
Aged 65+26.4%New Forest: 29.4% · under 16: 16.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 186
5–95.2% · 212
10–156.2% · 252
16–193.1% · 127
20–244.2% · 168
25–3411.8% · 479
35–4916.5% · 668
50–6422.0% · 889
65–7413.6% · 549
75–849.3% · 376
85+3.5% · 142

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.4% · 310
1 car or van43.5% · 820
2 cars or vans29.9% · 564
3 or more10.2% · 193
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright39.8% · 751
With mortgage25.1% · 473
Shared ownership0.4% · 7
Social rented19.1% · 360
Private rented15.6% · 294
Lives rent free0.2% · 3

Type of home

Detached house29.9% · 564
Semi-detached house23.2% · 438
Terraced house26.8% · 505
Purpose-built flat18.3% · 344
Converted house1.2% · 22
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014772
County division
New Milton North, Milford & Hordle
Constituency
New Forest West
Region
South East
Density rank in council
1 of 26

Parishes in the ward

New Milton

Other wards in the same constituency

AAshley, Bashley & Fernhill32.9% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned7,719BBarton & 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.