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Electoral wardE05014783

Hythe South ward, New Forest

Hythe South is one of 26 electoral wards of New Forest District Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,251 residents in 2,979 households — 3,177 people per km², the 14th 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 and South Waterside divisions.

Residents, 20217,251council ward average 6,761
Households2,9792.43 residents per household
Density3,177/ km²about 2.28 km² · New Forest 234
Aged 65+20.3%New Forest: 29.4% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 412
5–96.6% · 480
10–157.9% · 570
16–194.4% · 316
20–245.0% · 359
25–3411.8% · 858
35–4917.4% · 1,263
50–6420.9% · 1,516
65–7410.1% · 734
75–847.4% · 539
85+2.7% · 197

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.1% · 419
1 car or van41.4% · 1,235
2 cars or vans31.5% · 938
3 or more13.0% · 389
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.8% · 1,007
With mortgage28.3% · 843
Shared ownership0.9% · 26
Social rented25.3% · 754
Private rented11.5% · 342
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house19.9% · 593
Semi-detached house37.7% · 1,123
Terraced house28.5% · 849
Purpose-built flat12.8% · 380
Converted house0.4% · 11
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014783
County division
Dibden & Hythe, South Waterside
Constituency
New Forest East
Region
South East
Density rank in council
3 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 Central38.2% aged 65+ · 80.6% owned5,829LLyndhurst & 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.