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Electoral wardE05014780

Forest & Solent ward, New Forest

Forest & Solent is one of 26 electoral wards of New Forest District Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,629 residents in 1,526 households — 25 people per km², the 24th 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 Lymington & Boldre divisions.

Residents, 20213,629council ward average 6,761
Households1,5262.38 residents per household
Density25/ km²about 146.92 km² · New Forest 234
Aged 65+26.9%New Forest: 29.4% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.2% · 117
5–95.1% · 187
10–158.0% · 292
16–194.5% · 164
20–243.7% · 136
25–346.1% · 222
35–4915.9% · 579
50–6426.4% · 960
65–7414.3% · 520
75–848.8% · 319
85+3.8% · 139

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.2% · 95
1 car or van31.1% · 473
2 cars or vans37.6% · 572
3 or more25.1% · 383
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright46.0% · 702
With mortgage20.8% · 318
Shared ownership0.1% · 2
Social rented9.7% · 148
Private rented23.3% · 356

Type of home

Detached house62.9% · 959
Semi-detached house23.0% · 350
Terraced house8.3% · 126
Purpose-built flat2.6% · 39
Converted house0.7% · 10
Other conversion0.9% · 14
Above shop / office0.4% · 6
Caravan, mobile1.3% · 20
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014780
County division
Brockenhurst, Lymington & Boldre
Constituency
New Forest East
Region
South East
Density rank in council
26 of 26

Parishes in the ward

BeaulieuBoldreEast BoldreExbury and Lepe

Other wards in the same constituency

AAshurst, Bramshaw, Copythorne & Netley Marsh32.8% aged 65+ · 87.8% owned6,801BBrockenhurst & Denny Lodge33.9% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned3,485DDibden & Dibden Purlieu26.8% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned7,099FFawley, Blackfield, Calshot & Langley27.5% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned7,520HHardley, Holbury & North Blackfield24.6% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned6,489HHythe Central38.2% aged 65+ · 80.6% owned5,829HHythe South20.3% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned7,251LLyndhurst & Minstead32.8% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned4,335MMarchwood & Eling18.7% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned7,254SSway34.7% aged 65+ · 84.1% owned3,909TTotton Central25.3% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned7,685TTotton North18.5% aged 65+ · 68.0% owned11,205TTotton South18.1% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned8,284

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.