Electoral wardE05011554
Castle ward, Newark and Sherwood
Castle is one of 21 electoral wards of Newark and Sherwood District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,311 residents in 1,772 households — 827 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newark constituency; for county elections it is in the Farndon & Trent division.
Residents, 20213,311council ward average 5,855
Households1,7721.87 residents per household
Density827/ km²about 4.00 km² · Newark and Sherwood 189
Aged 65+21.3%Newark and Sherwood: 22.5% · under 16: 12.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 155
5–93.6% · 119
10–153.7% · 124
16–193.1% · 104
20–247.4% · 244
25–3415.9% · 526
35–4919.1% · 633
50–6421.1% · 700
65–7412.2% · 405
75–846.6% · 220
85+2.4% · 80
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van34.3% · 609
1 car or van42.9% · 760
2 cars or vans18.1% · 321
3 or more4.7% · 83
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newark and Sherwood overall: 69.0% owned, 13.9% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright27.7% · 492
With mortgage16.1% · 286
Shared ownership0.8% · 14
Social rented18.0% · 320
Private rented37.2% · 660
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house17.6% · 311
Semi-detached house15.9% · 282
Terraced house30.4% · 538
Purpose-built flat19.9% · 352
Converted house4.8% · 85
Other conversion4.2% · 75
Above shop / office3.2% · 56
Caravan, mobile4.1% · 73
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011554- County council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- County division
- Farndon & Trent
- Constituency
- Newark
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Newark
Council offices in this ward
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% owned9,217BBridge15.0% aged 65+ · 51.1% owned7,342CCollingham33.6% 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.