The population of New Forest is 175,782 compared to England, which has a population of 59,597,542. While the male population in New Forest is 91,243, and the female population is 84,542. In England, the male population is 28,833,712 and the female population is 27,656,336, according to the 2021 census.
According to the latest 2021 census, The main ethnicity of the people in the immediate area is White: English, with a total of 163,847, followed by White: Other White, with a total of 4,843. As compared to the population in England, the main ethnicities were White: English(41,540,791) followed by Asian: Indian(1,843,248) and Asian: Pakistani(1,570,285). In terms of religion, most people mentioned Christian (90,768), followed by No religion (71,539), whereas, in England, the main religion was Christian(26,167,899), Muslim(3,801,186), and Hindu(1,020,533). While 20,715,664 mentioned 'No Religion' and 3,400,548 did not answer
As for deprivation, most of the area is not deprived in any dimension (39,907), followed by at least deprived in one dimension (26,596). While in England, 11,349,743 households are not deprived in any dimension, and 7,842,690 households are deprived in one dimension.
Most people in the New Forest area mentioned they are Retired (49,741), while 43,126 adults mentioned they are Employee: Full-time.
Regarding education, 46,380 adults have Level 3 education, while 22,002 have Level 1 and entry level education. The most common occupations in the New Forest area are
The average age of people living in New Forest is 48 years old. The top three age distributions are: Between 55 to 64 (26817), Between 75 to 100 (25945), and Between 65 to 74 (25696). The median age in England and Wales was 40 years as per the 2021 census.
The NS-SEC defines and measures social class and is considered a reliable indicator of a person's class status. As per the 2021 census, most of the population in New Forest has Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations (32,790) followed by Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (20,891), and Small employers and own account workers (19,411). In England, Most of the population(9,172,372) have Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations, followed by Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations(6,092,791)
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| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Area | New Forest |
| Ward | Ashurst, Copythorne South and Netley Marsh Barton Bashley Becton Boldre and Sway Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead Bransgore and Burley Brockenhurst and Forest South East Buckland Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu Dibden and Hythe East Downlands and Forest Fawley, Blackfield and Langley Fernhill Fordingbridge Forest North West Furzedown and Hardley Holbury and North Blackfield Hordle Hythe West and Langdown Lymington Town Lyndhurst Marchwood Milford Milton Pennington Ringwood East and Sopley Ringwood North Ringwood South Totton Central Totton East Totton North Totton South Totton West |
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| UTLA22 | Hampshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |