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Electoral wardE05014789

Pennington ward, New Forest

Pennington is one of 26 electoral wards of New Forest District Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,810 residents in 3,549 households — 916 people per km², the 7th 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, 20217,810council ward average 6,761
Households3,5492.2 residents per household
Density916/ km²about 8.53 km² · New Forest 234
Aged 65+29.9%New Forest: 29.4% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 345
5–94.4% · 345
10–156.1% · 476
16–193.8% · 296
20–244.2% · 329
25–348.1% · 637
35–4916.1% · 1,260
50–6422.9% · 1,789
65–7415.0% · 1,169
75–8410.4% · 813
85+4.6% · 359

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.7% · 486
1 car or van42.4% · 1,506
2 cars or vans30.9% · 1,097
3 or more13.0% · 462
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.6% · 1,585
With mortgage23.0% · 818
Shared ownership0.8% · 27
Social rented16.7% · 592
Private rented14.6% · 519
Lives rent free0.3% · 10

Type of home

Detached house38.6% · 1,369
Semi-detached house27.2% · 965
Terraced house16.8% · 598
Purpose-built flat14.1% · 499
Converted house1.6% · 57
Other conversion0.7% · 24
Above shop / office0.7% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 12
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014789
County division
Lymington & Boldre
Constituency
New Forest West
Region
South East
Density rank in council
12 of 26

Parishes in the ward

Lymington and Pennington

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% owned10,478MMilton34.0% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned6,377RRingwood 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.