Electoral wardE05010071
Devon ward, Newark and Sherwood
Devon is one of 21 electoral wards of Newark and Sherwood District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 9,694 residents in 4,189 households — 4,324 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newark constituency; for county elections it is in the Newark West division.
Residents, 20219,694council ward average 5,855
Households4,1892.31 residents per household
Density4,324/ km²about 2.24 km² · Newark and Sherwood 189
Aged 65+20.2%Newark and Sherwood: 22.5% · under 16: 20.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 640
5–97.0% · 677
10–157.0% · 680
16–193.9% · 376
20–245.1% · 492
25–3413.6% · 1,320
35–4917.2% · 1,664
50–6419.5% · 1,887
65–7411.1% · 1,076
75–846.3% · 613
85+2.8% · 269
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.6% · 1,158
1 car or van43.5% · 1,824
2 cars or vans22.4% · 940
3 or more6.4% · 267
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newark and Sherwood overall: 69.0% owned, 13.9% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright32.9% · 1,379
With mortgage23.4% · 979
Shared ownership0.5% · 22
Social rented29.4% · 1,229
Private rented13.6% · 571
Lives rent free0.2% · 7
Type of home
Detached house16.8% · 704
Semi-detached house45.0% · 1,885
Terraced house19.7% · 825
Purpose-built flat16.6% · 697
Converted house0.6% · 24
Other conversion0.9% · 38
Above shop / office0.3% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010071- County council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- County division
- Newark West
- Constituency
- Newark
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Newark
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% owned7,342CCastle21.3% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned3,311CCollingham33.6% aged 65+ · 80.6% owned5,627FFarndon & 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.