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Electoral wardE05014784
Lymington ward, New Forest
Lymington is one of 26 electoral wards of New Forest District Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,028 residents in 3,990 households — 1,542 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the New Forest West constituency; for county elections it is in the Lymington & Boldre division.
Residents, 20218,028council ward average 6,761
Households3,9902.01 residents per household
Density1,542/ km²about 5.21 km² · New Forest 234
Aged 65+34.6%New Forest: 29.4% · under 16: 13.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.6% · 286
5–94.3% · 345
10–155.6% · 448
16–192.9% · 231
20–243.4% · 270
25–348.2% · 654
35–4915.5% · 1,242
50–6422.0% · 1,766
65–7415.9% · 1,275
75–8411.8% · 946
85+7.0% · 558
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.2% · 565
1 car or van47.0% · 1,878
2 cars or vans29.6% · 1,182
3 or more9.2% · 367
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; New Forest overall: 74.2% owned, 10.8% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright46.7% · 1,864
With mortgage20.1% · 803
Shared ownership0.9% · 36
Social rented11.1% · 443
Private rented21.1% · 844
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house33.4% · 1,332
Semi-detached house25.2% · 1,004
Terraced house18.0% · 720
Purpose-built flat18.4% · 733
Converted house2.0% · 79
Other conversion1.1% · 42
Above shop / office2.0% · 78
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014784- Council
- New Forest District Council
- County council
- Hampshire County Council
- County division
- Lymington & Boldre
- Constituency
- New Forest West
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 26
Parishes in the ward
Lymington and Pennington
Council offices in this ward
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% owned2,836FFordingbridge, Godshill & Hyde30.3% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned8,087MMilford & 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
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.