Electoral wardE05014788
Milton ward, New Forest
Milton is one of 26 electoral wards of New Forest District Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,377 residents in 3,059 households — 2,481 people per km², the 19th 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 division.
Residents, 20216,377council ward average 6,761
Households3,0592.08 residents per household
Density2,481/ km²about 2.57 km² · New Forest 234
Aged 65+34.0%New Forest: 29.4% · under 16: 14.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 271
5–94.3% · 271
10–155.5% · 348
16–193.4% · 217
20–244.5% · 286
25–3410.9% · 694
35–4914.6% · 930
50–6418.6% · 1,189
65–7414.1% · 896
75–8412.6% · 804
85+7.4% · 470
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.7% · 664
1 car or van46.9% · 1,432
2 cars or vans22.7% · 694
3 or more8.7% · 266
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; New Forest overall: 74.2% owned, 10.8% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright43.9% · 1,345
With mortgage20.5% · 629
Shared ownership0.5% · 16
Social rented13.3% · 407
Private rented21.7% · 666
Type of home
Detached house30.7% · 939
Semi-detached house15.0% · 458
Terraced house14.2% · 434
Purpose-built flat34.8% · 1,066
Converted house0.8% · 24
Other conversion0.5% · 16
Above shop / office3.5% · 106
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 17
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014788- Council
- New Forest District Council
- County council
- Hampshire County Council
- County division
- New Milton
- Constituency
- New Forest West
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 26
Parishes in the ward
New Milton
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% owned8,028MMilford & Hordle41.5% aged 65+ · 83.7% owned10,478PPennington29.9% 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.