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Gamston ward, Rushcliffe

Gamston is one of 24 electoral wards of Rushcliffe Borough Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,671 residents in 2,807 households — 687 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rushcliffe constituency; for county elections it is in the Radcliffe on Trent and West Bridgford South divisions.

Residents, 20216,671council ward average 4,962
Households2,8072.38 residents per household
Density687/ km²about 9.71 km² · Rushcliffe 291
Aged 65+19.6%Rushcliffe: 21.6% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 272
5–95.8% · 386
10–158.3% · 556
16–194.5% · 297
20–244.2% · 277
25–3410.3% · 686
35–4920.7% · 1,384
50–6422.6% · 1,508
65–749.4% · 626
75–846.4% · 425
85+3.8% · 253

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.5% · 408
1 car or van42.1% · 1,182
2 cars or vans33.3% · 933
3 or more10.1% · 282
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Rushcliffe overall: 75.7% owned, 8.6% social rented, 14.7% private rented.

Owned outright37.9% · 1,064
With mortgage32.4% · 910
Shared ownership1.6% · 44
Social rented9.7% · 273
Private rented18.3% · 515
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house49.0% · 1,377
Semi-detached house20.2% · 568
Terraced house13.2% · 372
Purpose-built flat10.9% · 306
Converted house0.9% · 26
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.5% · 13
Caravan, mobile5.2% · 145
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.