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Electoral wardE05010079

Rainworth North & Rufford ward, Newark and Sherwood

Rainworth North & Rufford is one of 21 electoral wards of Newark and Sherwood District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,456 residents in 2,821 households — 116 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sherwood Forest constituency; for county elections it is in the Sherwood Forest and Blidworth divisions.

Residents, 20216,456council ward average 5,855
Households2,8212.29 residents per household
Density116/ km²about 55.66 km² · Newark and Sherwood 189
Aged 65+20.4%Newark and Sherwood: 22.5% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 318
5–95.7% · 367
10–156.7% · 435
16–193.6% · 234
20–244.5% · 289
25–3412.4% · 798
35–4917.1% · 1,106
50–6424.6% · 1,590
65–7411.5% · 740
75–846.7% · 435
85+2.2% · 145

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.8% · 332
1 car or van40.8% · 1,150
2 cars or vans34.0% · 960
3 or more13.4% · 379
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright41.1% · 1,160
With mortgage32.8% · 924
Shared ownership1.1% · 32
Social rented8.5% · 239
Private rented16.5% · 465

Type of home

Detached house39.5% · 1,113
Semi-detached house38.9% · 1,097
Terraced house16.8% · 474
Purpose-built flat2.1% · 60
Converted house0.2% · 6
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 11
Caravan, mobile2.0% · 57
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010079
County division
Sherwood Forest, Blidworth
Constituency
Sherwood Forest
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
16 of 21

Parishes in the ward

EakringRainworthRuffordWellow

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% owned3,518OOllerton19.6% aged 65+ · 63.1% owned9,366RRainworth 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.