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Electoral wardE05014779

Fordingbridge, Godshill & Hyde ward, New Forest

Fordingbridge, Godshill & Hyde is one of 26 electoral wards of New Forest District Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,087 residents in 3,635 households — 162 people per km², the 4th 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, 20218,087council ward average 6,761
Households3,6352.22 residents per household
Density162/ km²about 50.07 km² · New Forest 234
Aged 65+30.3%New Forest: 29.4% · under 16: 14.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 334
5–94.3% · 347
10–156.4% · 514
16–193.9% · 316
20–243.6% · 294
25–349.0% · 728
35–4915.0% · 1,214
50–6423.4% · 1,890
65–7414.9% · 1,201
75–8410.1% · 815
85+5.4% · 434

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.1% · 441
1 car or van37.4% · 1,362
2 cars or vans34.1% · 1,241
3 or more16.3% · 593
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright46.8% · 1,702
With mortgage27.3% · 993
Shared ownership0.4% · 15
Social rented10.3% · 373
Private rented15.1% · 549
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house48.1% · 1,754
Semi-detached house24.8% · 902
Terraced house10.6% · 385
Purpose-built flat9.8% · 358
Converted house1.6% · 58
Other conversion1.4% · 50
Above shop / office1.5% · 53
Caravan, mobile2.3% · 83
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014779
County division
Lyndhurst & Fordingbridge
Constituency
New Forest West
Region
South East
Density rank in council
20 of 26

Parishes in the ward

FordingbridgeGodshillHyde

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% owned6,890DDownlands & Forest North30.7% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned2,836LLymington34.6% 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.