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Electoral wardE05010066
Bilsthorpe ward, Newark and Sherwood
Bilsthorpe is one of 21 electoral wards of Newark and Sherwood District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,490 residents in 1,528 households — 544 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sherwood Forest constituency; for county elections it is in the Muskham & Farnsfield division.
Residents, 20213,490council ward average 5,855
Households1,5282.28 residents per household
Density544/ km²about 6.41 km² · Newark and Sherwood 189
Aged 65+21.4%Newark and Sherwood: 22.5% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 171
5–95.6% · 197
10–156.8% · 238
16–194.0% · 141
20–244.9% · 170
25–3410.7% · 374
35–4917.3% · 606
50–6424.2% · 847
65–7411.8% · 413
75–847.4% · 260
85+2.2% · 76
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.9% · 212
1 car or van41.4% · 634
2 cars or vans31.3% · 479
3 or more13.4% · 205
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newark and Sherwood overall: 69.0% owned, 13.9% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright36.7% · 561
With mortgage31.0% · 474
Shared ownership0.1% · 2
Social rented21.4% · 328
Private rented10.7% · 164
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house31.8% · 485
Semi-detached house54.4% · 830
Terraced house11.1% · 169
Purpose-built flat2.0% · 30
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.7% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010066- County council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- County division
- Muskham & Farnsfield
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 21
Parishes in the ward
BilsthorpeRufford
Other wards in the same constituency
BBoughton26.2% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned3,391DDover Beck28.2% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned2,915EEdwinstowe & Clipstone18.9% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned11,768FFarnsfield27.9% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned3,216LLowdham23.1% aged 65+ · 84.3% owned3,518OOllerton19.6% aged 65+ · 63.1% owned9,366RRainworth North & Rufford20.4% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned6,456RRainworth South & Blidworth19.1% aged 65+ · 65.8% owned6,209
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.