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Electoral wardE05014787

Milford & Hordle ward, New Forest

Milford & Hordle is one of 26 electoral wards of New Forest District Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,478 residents in 4,920 households — 507 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the New Forest West constituency; for county elections it is in the New Milton North, Milford & Hordle division.

Residents, 202110,478council ward average 6,761
Households4,9202.13 residents per household
Density507/ km²about 20.66 km² · New Forest 234
Aged 65+41.5%New Forest: 29.4% · under 16: 12.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.9% · 306
5–94.1% · 428
10–155.2% · 542
16–192.9% · 308
20–242.7% · 287
25–345.9% · 618
35–4912.8% · 1,343
50–6421.9% · 2,299
65–7419.5% · 2,047
75–8415.5% · 1,627
85+6.4% · 675

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.7% · 427
1 car or van40.2% · 1,979
2 cars or vans35.5% · 1,745
3 or more15.6% · 767
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright60.8% · 2,993
With mortgage22.8% · 1,122
Shared ownership0.7% · 32
Social rented4.8% · 237
Private rented10.8% · 533
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house53.8% · 2,646
Semi-detached house20.7% · 1,018
Terraced house9.1% · 446
Purpose-built flat10.7% · 528
Converted house1.0% · 48
Other conversion0.5% · 25
Above shop / office0.8% · 40
Caravan, mobile3.4% · 167
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014787
County division
New Milton North, Milford & Hordle
Constituency
New Forest West
Region
South East
Density rank in council
15 of 26

Parishes in the ward

HordleMilford-on-sea

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% owned8,087LLymington34.6% aged 65+ · 66.8% owned8,028MMilton34.0% 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.