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Electoral wardE05010081

Southwell ward, Newark and Sherwood

Southwell is one of 21 electoral wards of Newark and Sherwood District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,914 residents in 3,755 households — 146 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newark constituency; for county elections it is in the Southwell and Muskham & Farnsfield divisions.

Residents, 20218,914council ward average 5,855
Households3,7552.37 residents per household
Density146/ km²about 60.89 km² · Newark and Sherwood 189
Aged 65+29.4%Newark and Sherwood: 22.5% · under 16: 14.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.9% · 258
5–94.2% · 370
10–157.5% · 666
16–196.9% · 619
20–246.6% · 587
25–345.9% · 528
35–4915.0% · 1,333
50–6421.7% · 1,931
65–7414.6% · 1,300
75–8410.5% · 938
85+4.3% · 381

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.5% · 469
1 car or van39.6% · 1,485
2 cars or vans34.8% · 1,307
3 or more13.1% · 493
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright49.3% · 1,850
With mortgage26.4% · 991
Shared ownership0.9% · 32
Social rented9.2% · 344
Private rented14.2% · 534
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house57.5% · 2,157
Semi-detached house24.1% · 903
Terraced house8.7% · 328
Purpose-built flat6.0% · 224
Converted house1.1% · 40
Other conversion1.9% · 71
Above shop / office0.7% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010081
County division
Southwell, Muskham & Farnsfield
Constituency
Newark
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
14 of 21

Parishes in the ward

EdingleyHalamHalloughtonHockertonKirklingtonSouthwellWinkburn

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% owned7,164MMuskham28.7% aged 65+ · 84.0% owned2,946SSutton-on-Trent26.6% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned3,195TTrent28.4% aged 65+ · 87.5% owned2,915

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.