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Soar Valley ward, Rushcliffe

Soar Valley is one of 24 electoral wards of Rushcliffe Borough Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,786 residents in 863 households — 148 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rushcliffe constituency; for county elections it is in the Leake & Ruddington division.

Residents, 20212,786council ward average 4,962
Households8633.23 residents per household
Density148/ km²about 18.79 km² · Rushcliffe 291
Aged 65+17.3%Rushcliffe: 21.6% · under 16: 11.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.1% · 87
5–92.7% · 76
10–155.1% · 143
16–1918.7% · 521
20–2412.9% · 360
25–349.1% · 254
35–4913.9% · 386
50–6417.1% · 476
65–749.4% · 262
75–846.0% · 166
85+2.0% · 55

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.1% · 61
1 car or van35.2% · 303
2 cars or vans39.1% · 337
3 or more18.7% · 161
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.7% · 385
With mortgage32.0% · 276
Shared ownership0.1% · 1
Social rented6.1% · 53
Private rented17.1% · 147

Type of home

Detached house52.9% · 457
Semi-detached house30.3% · 262
Terraced house10.5% · 91
Purpose-built flat1.5% · 13
Converted house0.9% · 8
Other conversion1.5% · 13
Above shop / office0.6% · 5
Caravan, mobile1.7% · 15
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 1 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.