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Electoral wardE05010064

Balderton South ward, Newark and Sherwood

Balderton South is one of 21 electoral wards of Newark and Sherwood District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,620 residents in 2,450 households — 2,207 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newark constituency; for county elections it is in the Balderton division.

Residents, 20215,620council ward average 5,855
Households2,4502.29 residents per household
Density2,207/ km²about 2.55 km² · Newark and Sherwood 189
Aged 65+22.1%Newark and Sherwood: 22.5% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 281
5–95.8% · 327
10–156.8% · 381
16–193.7% · 209
20–245.6% · 313
25–3413.6% · 767
35–4917.3% · 971
50–6420.0% · 1,127
65–7410.9% · 612
75–848.5% · 478
85+2.8% · 155

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.7% · 385
1 car or van43.3% · 1,062
2 cars or vans31.2% · 765
3 or more9.8% · 239
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Newark and Sherwood overall: 69.0% owned, 13.9% social rented, 16.2% private rented.

Owned outright37.3% · 916
With mortgage37.0% · 907
Shared ownership0.9% · 23
Social rented12.4% · 304
Private rented12.1% · 298
Lives rent free0.2% · 6

Type of home

Detached house35.7% · 875
Semi-detached house42.6% · 1,044
Terraced house17.2% · 422
Purpose-built flat3.7% · 91
Converted house0.3% · 8
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.