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Electoral wardE05014791

Ringwood South ward, New Forest

Ringwood South is one of 26 electoral wards of New Forest District Council, in Hampshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,980 residents in 3,600 households — 437 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the New Forest West constituency; for county elections it is in the Ringwood division.

Residents, 20217,980council ward average 6,761
Households3,6002.22 residents per household
Density437/ km²about 18.27 km² · New Forest 234
Aged 65+25.4%New Forest: 29.4% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 415
5–95.6% · 443
10–156.2% · 493
16–194.1% · 324
20–244.4% · 351
25–3411.9% · 953
35–4917.2% · 1,369
50–6420.1% · 1,607
65–7412.2% · 971
75–848.6% · 683
85+4.6% · 370

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.1% · 545
1 car or van39.2% · 1,412
2 cars or vans31.6% · 1,137
3 or more14.1% · 507
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright37.7% · 1,358
With mortgage27.6% · 996
Shared ownership1.6% · 59
Social rented11.7% · 423
Private rented21.2% · 763
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house31.4% · 1,129
Semi-detached house27.0% · 973
Terraced house16.7% · 600
Purpose-built flat19.9% · 717
Converted house1.8% · 65
Other conversion1.1% · 38
Above shop / office1.7% · 61
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 17
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014791
County division
Ringwood
Constituency
New Forest West
Region
South East
Density rank in council
16 of 26

Parishes in the ward

Ringwood

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% owned6,377PPennington29.9% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned7,810RRingwood North & Ellingham26.6% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned7,350

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.