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Electoral wardE05014773

Barton & Becton ward, New Forest

Barton & Becton is one of 26 electoral wards of New Forest District Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,407 residents in 3,545 households — 1,066 people per km², the 11th 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 division.

Residents, 20217,407council ward average 6,761
Households3,5452.09 residents per household
Density1,066/ km²about 6.95 km² · New Forest 234
Aged 65+50.4%New Forest: 29.4% · under 16: 7.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–41.8% · 135
5–92.6% · 190
10–153.1% · 233
16–192.2% · 161
20–242.8% · 211
25–344.8% · 357
35–4910.0% · 743
50–6422.2% · 1,640
65–7422.9% · 1,693
75–8418.5% · 1,367
85+9.1% · 674

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.7% · 381
1 car or van44.9% · 1,592
2 cars or vans32.5% · 1,151
3 or more11.9% · 422
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright68.0% · 2,411
With mortgage19.7% · 697
Shared ownership0.3% · 12
Social rented1.6% · 58
Private rented10.4% · 367

Type of home

Detached house67.8% · 2,404
Semi-detached house6.1% · 218
Terraced house7.7% · 273
Purpose-built flat12.6% · 448
Converted house1.4% · 50
Other conversion0.6% · 21
Above shop / office0.5% · 19
Caravan, mobile3.2% · 113
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014773
County division
New Milton
Constituency
New Forest West
Region
South East
Density rank in council
10 of 26

Parishes in the ward

New Milton

Other wards in the same constituency

AAshley, Bashley & Fernhill32.9% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned7,719BBallard26.4% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned4,046BBransgore, 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.