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Electoral wardE05010080

Rainworth South & Blidworth ward, Newark and Sherwood

Rainworth South & Blidworth is one of 21 electoral wards of Newark and Sherwood District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,209 residents in 2,685 households — 349 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sherwood Forest constituency; for county elections it is in the Blidworth division.

Residents, 20216,209council ward average 5,855
Households2,6852.31 residents per household
Density349/ km²about 17.78 km² · Newark and Sherwood 189
Aged 65+19.1%Newark and Sherwood: 22.5% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 323
5–96.0% · 374
10–156.8% · 421
16–194.3% · 268
20–244.6% · 285
25–3414.6% · 904
35–4918.2% · 1,127
50–6421.3% · 1,322
65–7410.6% · 661
75–846.2% · 388
85+2.2% · 135

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.5% · 444
1 car or van42.4% · 1,138
2 cars or vans29.8% · 800
3 or more11.3% · 303
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright31.8% · 855
With mortgage33.9% · 912
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented20.3% · 546
Private rented13.4% · 360
Lives rent free0.2% · 5

Type of home

Detached house21.1% · 566
Semi-detached house58.3% · 1,564
Terraced house14.6% · 391
Purpose-built flat4.6% · 124
Converted house0.7% · 19
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010080
County division
Blidworth
Constituency
Sherwood Forest
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
8 of 21

Parishes in the ward

BlidworthLindhurstRainworth

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 North & Rufford20.4% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned6,456

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.