Electoral wardE05010068
Bridge ward, Newark and Sherwood
Bridge is one of 21 electoral wards of Newark and Sherwood District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,342 residents in 3,265 households — 1,939 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newark constituency; for county elections it is in the Collingham and Newark East divisions.
Residents, 20217,342council ward average 5,855
Households3,2652.25 residents per household
Density1,939/ km²about 3.79 km² · Newark and Sherwood 189
Aged 65+15.0%Newark and Sherwood: 22.5% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 445
5–95.7% · 419
10–156.6% · 483
16–193.9% · 287
20–246.0% · 443
25–3416.5% · 1,214
35–4921.2% · 1,557
50–6419.0% · 1,393
65–748.8% · 644
75–844.7% · 346
85+1.5% · 112
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.7% · 905
1 car or van46.3% · 1,513
2 cars or vans19.5% · 637
3 or more6.4% · 210
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newark and Sherwood overall: 69.0% owned, 13.9% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright26.3% · 858
With mortgage24.8% · 810
Shared ownership1.3% · 43
Social rented20.2% · 658
Private rented27.2% · 886
Lives rent free0.2% · 8
Type of home
Detached house13.5% · 442
Semi-detached house39.5% · 1,290
Terraced house28.7% · 937
Purpose-built flat13.3% · 434
Converted house1.6% · 51
Other conversion2.9% · 94
Above shop / office0.4% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010068- County council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- County division
- Collingham, Newark East
- Constituency
- Newark
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 21
Parishes in the ward
NewarkWinthorpe
Other wards in the same constituency
BBalderton North & Coddington26.0% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned6,682BBalderton South22.1% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned5,620BBeacon18.3% aged 65+ · 62.5% owned9,217CCastle21.3% 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.