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Electoral wardE05010075
Farnsfield ward, Newark and Sherwood
Farnsfield is one of 21 electoral wards of Newark and Sherwood District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,216 residents in 1,376 households — 168 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sherwood Forest constituency; for county elections it is in the Muskham & Farnsfield division.
Residents, 20213,216council ward average 5,855
Households1,3762.34 residents per household
Density168/ km²about 19.12 km² · Newark and Sherwood 189
Aged 65+27.9%Newark and Sherwood: 22.5% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 159
5–96.2% · 200
10–156.8% · 217
16–193.8% · 123
20–243.8% · 123
25–348.8% · 283
35–4917.1% · 548
50–6420.7% · 665
65–7414.0% · 451
75–8410.4% · 333
85+3.5% · 112
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.6% · 146
1 car or van35.2% · 484
2 cars or vans39.0% · 537
3 or more15.2% · 209
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newark and Sherwood overall: 69.0% owned, 13.9% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright46.9% · 646
With mortgage33.6% · 463
Shared ownership1.2% · 17
Social rented10.7% · 148
Private rented7.3% · 100
Lives rent free0.2% · 3
Type of home
Detached house63.5% · 872
Semi-detached house28.5% · 392
Terraced house6.4% · 88
Purpose-built flat0.9% · 13
Converted house0.4% · 5
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010075- County council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- County division
- Muskham & Farnsfield
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Farnsfield
Other wards in the same constituency
BBilsthorpe21.4% aged 65+ · 67.6% owned3,490BBoughton26.2% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned3,391DDover Beck28.2% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned2,915EEdwinstowe & Clipstone18.9% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned11,768LLowdham23.1% 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.