Electoral wardE05010078
Ollerton ward, Newark and Sherwood
Ollerton is one of 21 electoral wards of Newark and Sherwood District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 9,366 residents in 4,106 households — 301 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sherwood Forest constituency; for county elections it is in the Ollerton division.
Residents, 20219,366council ward average 5,855
Households4,1062.28 residents per household
Density301/ km²about 31.15 km² · Newark and Sherwood 189
Aged 65+19.6%Newark and Sherwood: 22.5% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 491
5–96.1% · 576
10–156.3% · 591
16–193.7% · 344
20–245.5% · 514
25–3414.8% · 1,391
35–4917.3% · 1,624
50–6421.4% · 2,006
65–7411.2% · 1,048
75–846.2% · 582
85+2.2% · 202
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.8% · 770
1 car or van43.0% · 1,766
2 cars or vans28.5% · 1,172
3 or more9.7% · 398
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newark and Sherwood overall: 69.0% owned, 13.9% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright32.5% · 1,336
With mortgage30.6% · 1,255
Shared ownership0.4% · 16
Social rented16.8% · 691
Private rented19.6% · 803
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house19.3% · 792
Semi-detached house61.9% · 2,543
Terraced house8.5% · 350
Purpose-built flat6.6% · 272
Converted house0.7% · 27
Other conversion0.2% · 8
Above shop / office0.6% · 25
Caravan, mobile2.1% · 88
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010078- County council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- County division
- Ollerton
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Ollerton and BoughtonPerlethorpe cum Budby
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% owned11,768FFarnsfield27.9% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned3,216LLowdham23.1% aged 65+ · 84.3% owned3,518RRainworth 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.