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Electoral wardE05010072

Dover Beck ward, Newark and Sherwood

Dover Beck is one of 21 electoral wards of Newark and Sherwood District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,915 residents in 1,283 households — 58 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sherwood Forest constituency; for county elections it is in the Southwell division.

Residents, 20212,915council ward average 5,855
Households1,2832.27 residents per household
Density58/ km²about 50.35 km² · Newark and Sherwood 189
Aged 65+28.2%Newark and Sherwood: 22.5% · under 16: 13.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.5% · 101
5–93.8% · 112
10–155.7% · 167
16–194.2% · 123
20–243.9% · 113
25–346.4% · 186
35–4915.7% · 459
50–6428.5% · 831
65–7416.1% · 470
75–849.7% · 282
85+2.4% · 71

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van5.2% · 67
1 car or van31.2% · 399
2 cars or vans40.3% · 516
3 or more23.3% · 298
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Newark and Sherwood overall: 69.0% owned, 13.9% social rented, 16.2% private rented.

Owned outright51.9% · 667
With mortgage31.4% · 403
Shared ownership0.3% · 4
Social rented5.1% · 65
Private rented11.4% · 146

Type of home

Detached house67.6% · 866
Semi-detached house21.8% · 279
Terraced house5.5% · 70
Purpose-built flat2.5% · 32
Converted house0.5% · 6
Other conversion0.4% · 5
Above shop / office0.4% · 5
Caravan, mobile1.4% · 18
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010072
County division
Southwell
Constituency
Sherwood Forest
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
19 of 21

Parishes in the ward

CaythorpeEpperstoneGonalstonGunthorpeHoveringhamOxtonThurgarton

Other wards in the same constituency

BBilsthorpe21.4% aged 65+ · 67.6% owned3,490BBoughton26.2% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned3,391EEdwinstowe & 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

All 21 wards of Newark and Sherwood

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.