Electoral wardE05011553
Beacon ward, Newark and Sherwood
Beacon is one of 21 electoral wards of Newark and Sherwood District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 9,217 residents in 4,128 households — 2,573 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newark constituency; for county elections it is in the Newark West and Newark East divisions.
Residents, 20219,217council ward average 5,855
Households4,1282.23 residents per household
Density2,573/ km²about 3.58 km² · Newark and Sherwood 189
Aged 65+18.3%Newark and Sherwood: 22.5% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 548
5–95.7% · 521
10–156.7% · 622
16–193.7% · 345
20–245.2% · 482
25–3414.7% · 1,354
35–4920.3% · 1,869
50–6419.4% · 1,788
65–7410.2% · 936
75–845.9% · 548
85+2.2% · 204
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.4% · 883
1 car or van46.2% · 1,908
2 cars or vans25.4% · 1,048
3 or more7.0% · 289
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newark and Sherwood overall: 69.0% owned, 13.9% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright31.6% · 1,303
With mortgage30.9% · 1,274
Shared ownership1.5% · 60
Social rented11.1% · 458
Private rented25.0% · 1,031
Type of home
Detached house30.4% · 1,256
Semi-detached house27.7% · 1,143
Terraced house31.4% · 1,297
Purpose-built flat7.2% · 297
Converted house1.5% · 63
Other conversion1.1% · 45
Above shop / office0.7% · 27
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011553- County council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- County division
- Newark West, Newark East
- Constituency
- Newark
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 21
Parishes in the ward
BaldertonNewark
Other wards in the same constituency
BBalderton North & Coddington26.0% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned6,682BBalderton South22.1% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned5,620BBridge15.0% aged 65+ · 51.1% owned7,342CCastle21.3% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned3,311CCollingham33.6% aged 65+ · 80.6% owned5,627DDevon20.2% aged 65+ · 56.3% owned9,694FFarndon & Fernwood20.5% aged 65+ · 74.9% owned7,164MMuskham28.7% aged 65+ · 84.0% owned2,946SSouthwell29.4% aged 65+ · 75.7% owned8,914SSutton-on-Trent26.6% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned3,195TTrent28.4% aged 65+ · 87.5% owned2,915
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.