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Electoral wardE05014777

Downlands & Forest North ward, New Forest

Downlands & Forest North is one of 26 electoral wards of New Forest District Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 2,836 residents in 1,227 households — 32 people per km², the 26th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the New Forest West constituency; for county elections it is in the Lyndhurst & Fordingbridge division.

Residents, 20212,836council ward average 6,761
Households1,2272.31 residents per household
Density32/ km²about 88.90 km² · New Forest 234
Aged 65+30.7%New Forest: 29.4% · under 16: 12.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.9% · 82
5–93.6% · 102
10–155.8% · 165
16–193.3% · 95
20–243.8% · 107
25–347.4% · 210
35–4914.5% · 412
50–6428.0% · 795
65–7417.7% · 504
75–8410.1% · 288
85+2.8% · 80

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van4.8% · 59
1 car or van28.2% · 346
2 cars or vans39.7% · 487
3 or more27.3% · 335
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.1% · 541
With mortgage23.3% · 286
Shared ownership0.2% · 2
Social rented10.8% · 132
Private rented21.7% · 266

Type of home

Detached house63.3% · 773
Semi-detached house27.8% · 340
Terraced house5.6% · 68
Purpose-built flat1.6% · 20
Converted house0.9% · 11
Other conversion0.4% · 5
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014777
County division
Lyndhurst & Fordingbridge
Constituency
New Forest West
Region
South East
Density rank in council
25 of 26

Parishes in the ward

BreamoreDamerhamHaleMartinRockbourneSandleheathWhitsburyWoodgreen

Other wards in the same constituency

AAshley, Bashley & Fernhill32.9% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned7,719BBallard26.4% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned4,046BBarton & Becton50.4% aged 65+ · 87.7% owned7,407BBransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East30.0% aged 65+ · 80.4% owned6,890FFordingbridge, 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.