New Forest

District in South East England

Contents: Subdivision

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Name	Status	Population Census 2001-04-29	Population Census 2011-03-27	Population Census 2021-03-21	Population Estimate 2024-06-30
New Forest	District	169,331	176,462	175,785	176,116
Ashurst and Colbury	Parish	2,011	2,093	2,075	1,980	→
Beaulieu	Parish	809	806	758	997	→
Boldre	Parish	1,931	2,003	1,975	1,943	→
Bramshaw	Parish	684	677	629	629	→
Bransgore	Parish	4,333	4,238	4,110	4,086	→
Breamore	Parish	363	364	381	369	→
Brockenhurst	Parish	3,280	3,552	3,488	3,440	→
Burley	Parish	1,350	1,384	1,301	1,307	→
Copythorne	Parish	2,655	2,673	2,717	2,715	→
Damerham	Parish	519	508	570	557	→
Denny Lodge	Parish	315	299	317	267	→
East Boldre	Parish	847	832	848	722	→
Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley	Parish	1,301	1,171	1,166	1,152	→
Exbury and Lepe	Parish	159	174	159	127	→
Fawley	Parish	14,345	14,287	14,015	13,876	→
Fordingbridge	Parish	5,694	5,998	6,179	6,388	→
Godshill	Parish	458	436	431	409	→
Hale	Parish	578	519	504	516	→
Hordle	Parish	5,271	5,654	5,746	5,750	→
Hyde	Parish	906	928	875	868	→
Hythe and Dibden	Parish	19,931	20,526	20,172	20,390	→
Lymington and Pennington	Parish	14,329	15,407	15,832	15,689	→
Lyndhurst	Parish	2,973	3,029	3,022	2,957	→
Marchwood	Parish	5,586	6,141	5,774	5,855	→
Martin	Parish	398	413	412	404	→
Milford-on-sea	Parish	4,527	4,660	4,731	4,693	→
Minstead	Parish	637	685	690	674	→
Netley Marsh	Parish	2,012	2,151	2,011	2,014	→
New Milton	Parish	23,753	25,717	25,544	25,393	→
Ringwood	Parish	13,602	14,181	14,624	14,895	→
Rockbourne	Parish	319	331	299	277	→
Sandleheath	Parish	663	680	605	607	→
Sopley	Parish	774	828	1,028	993	→
Sway	Parish	3,311	3,448	3,476	3,457	→
Totton and Eling	Parish	27,986	28,970	28,657	29,052	→
Whitsbury	Parish	185	210	219	217	→
Woodgreen	Parish	537	489	454	451	→
South East England	Region	8,000,645	8,634,750	9,278,065	9,642,942

Source: UK Office for National Statistics.

Explanation: Parishes as at May 2025. All population and corresponding area figures of parishes are based on assigning output areas by using population-weighted centroids. Thus, slight discrepancies are possible compared to the actual parish boundaries that are depicted in the map. No population figures (and the actual area) are provided for parishes smaller than output areas.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2024)
Males	84,831
Females	91,285

Age Groups (E 2024)
0-17 years	29,968
18-64 years	92,122
65+ years	54,026

Age Distribution (E 2024)
80+ years	16,750
70-79 years	24,654
60-69 years	26,579
50-59 years	25,130
40-49 years	18,473
30-39 years	17,300
20-29 years	14,172
10-19 years	18,250
0-9 years	14,808

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	163,689
EU	5,199
Europe (other)	628
Middle East & Asia	2,398
Africa	2,071
Other country	1,801

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	170,118
Asian	2,103
Black	703
Arab	87
Mixed/multiple	2,215
Other ethnic group	556

Religion (C 2021)
Christians	90,768
Muslims	590
Hindus	284
Sikhs	87
Buddhists	536
Jews	234
Other religion	1,006
No religion	71,539

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Hampshire county