Electoral wardE05010067
Boughton ward, Newark and Sherwood
Boughton is one of 21 electoral wards of Newark and Sherwood District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,391 residents in 1,523 households — 247 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sherwood Forest constituency; for county elections it is in the Ollerton division.
Residents, 20213,391council ward average 5,855
Households1,5232.23 residents per household
Density247/ km²about 13.73 km² · Newark and Sherwood 189
Aged 65+26.2%Newark and Sherwood: 22.5% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 156
5–95.5% · 187
10–156.5% · 222
16–193.6% · 123
20–245.3% · 180
25–349.9% · 335
35–4917.0% · 575
50–6421.4% · 725
65–7413.9% · 470
75–849.5% · 323
85+2.8% · 94
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.7% · 285
1 car or van41.5% · 632
2 cars or vans27.8% · 424
3 or more12.0% · 183
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newark and Sherwood overall: 69.0% owned, 13.9% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright43.0% · 654
With mortgage22.5% · 342
Shared ownership0.4% · 6
Social rented22.0% · 335
Private rented12.0% · 182
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house39.9% · 608
Semi-detached house36.5% · 556
Terraced house14.8% · 225
Purpose-built flat4.9% · 74
Converted house0.6% · 9
Other conversion0.3% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile2.9% · 44
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010067- County council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- County division
- Ollerton
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 21
Parishes in the ward
KirtonOllerton and BoughtonWalesby
Other wards in the same constituency
BBilsthorpe21.4% aged 65+ · 67.6% owned3,490DDover 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.