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Electoral wardE05014782

Hythe Central ward, New Forest

Hythe Central is one of 26 electoral wards of New Forest District Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,829 residents in 2,812 households — 1,995 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the New Forest East constituency; for county elections it is in the Dibden & Hythe division.

Residents, 20215,829council ward average 6,761
Households2,8122.07 residents per household
Density1,995/ km²about 2.92 km² · New Forest 234
Aged 65+38.2%New Forest: 29.4% · under 16: 13.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.7% · 217
5–94.4% · 256
10–154.9% · 284
16–192.7% · 158
20–243.4% · 196
25–348.0% · 467
35–4913.4% · 782
50–6421.3% · 1,244
65–7417.4% · 1,014
75–8414.2% · 829
85+6.6% · 382

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.0% · 421
1 car or van41.3% · 1,161
2 cars or vans31.4% · 883
3 or more12.3% · 346
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright56.1% · 1,579
With mortgage24.4% · 687
Shared ownership0.3% · 8
Social rented6.0% · 168
Private rented13.1% · 368
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house50.6% · 1,422
Semi-detached house15.7% · 442
Terraced house10.1% · 284
Purpose-built flat20.2% · 567
Converted house1.5% · 43
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office1.5% · 43
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014782
County division
Dibden & Hythe
Constituency
New Forest East
Region
South East
Density rank in council
7 of 26

Parishes in the ward

Hythe and Dibden

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% owned7,520FForest & Solent26.9% aged 65+ · 66.8% owned3,629HHardley, Holbury & North Blackfield24.6% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned6,489HHythe 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.