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Electoral wardE05010076

Lowdham ward, Newark and Sherwood

Lowdham is one of 21 electoral wards of Newark and Sherwood District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,518 residents in 1,166 households — 368 people per km², the 13th 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, 20213,518council ward average 5,855
Households1,1663.02 residents per household
Density368/ km²about 9.56 km² · Newark and Sherwood 189
Aged 65+23.1%Newark and Sherwood: 22.5% · under 16: 10.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.8% · 99
5–92.9% · 101
10–154.8% · 169
16–192.6% · 92
20–245.5% · 195
25–3415.4% · 542
35–4920.2% · 712
50–6422.6% · 797
65–7412.1% · 426
75–847.9% · 278
85+3.1% · 108

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.9% · 115
1 car or van35.4% · 412
2 cars or vans37.8% · 440
3 or more17.0% · 198
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright52.4% · 611
With mortgage32.0% · 373
Shared ownership0.4% · 5
Social rented7.5% · 88
Private rented7.5% · 88
Lives rent free0.2% · 2

Type of home

Detached house62.1% · 724
Semi-detached house28.7% · 335
Terraced house4.7% · 55
Purpose-built flat3.5% · 41
Converted house0.6% · 7
Other conversion0.2% · 2
Above shop / office0.2% · 2
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.