Electoral wardE05010077
Muskham ward, Newark and Sherwood
Muskham is one of 21 electoral wards of Newark and Sherwood District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,946 residents in 1,259 households — 57 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newark constituency; for county elections it is in the Muskham & Farnsfield division.
Residents, 20212,946council ward average 5,855
Households1,2592.34 residents per household
Density57/ km²about 51.78 km² · Newark and Sherwood 189
Aged 65+28.7%Newark and Sherwood: 22.5% · under 16: 15.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 125
5–94.4% · 130
10–157.0% · 205
16–194.1% · 122
20–243.1% · 92
25–346.7% · 197
35–4915.5% · 456
50–6426.3% · 774
65–7415.5% · 458
75–849.8% · 289
85+3.3% · 98
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.0% · 88
1 car or van32.6% · 411
2 cars or vans37.3% · 470
3 or more23.0% · 290
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newark and Sherwood overall: 69.0% owned, 13.9% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright54.4% · 685
With mortgage29.5% · 372
Shared ownership1.0% · 12
Social rented6.0% · 76
Private rented9.1% · 114
Type of home
Detached house72.7% · 913
Semi-detached house21.0% · 264
Terraced house4.6% · 58
Purpose-built flat0.2% · 2
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile1.3% · 16
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010077- County council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- County division
- Muskham & Farnsfield
- Constituency
- Newark
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 21
Parishes in the ward
BathleyCauntonCromwellNorth MuskhamNorwellSouth Muskham
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% owned5,627DDevon20.2% aged 65+ · 56.3% owned9,694FFarndon & Fernwood20.5% aged 65+ · 74.9% owned7,164SSouthwell29.4% 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.