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Lyndhurst & Minstead · New Forest

Lyndhurst & Minstead: your neighbourhood

Lyndhurst & Minstead electoral ward · boundaries: May 2026. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 41.2% here, compared with 31.2% across New Forest (10 percentage points higher).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 13.4% here, compared with 16.1% across New Forest (2.7 percentage points lower).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 65 or over: 31.7% here, compared with 29.4% across New Forest (2.4 percentage points higher).

Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

31.7%

21 March 2021 · Lyndhurst & Minstead

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

1,178 out of 3,711.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

4.6%

21 March 2021 · Lyndhurst & Minstead

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

170 out of 3,713.

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People counted in the census

3,709

21 March 2021 · Lyndhurst & Minstead

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

3,709 out of 3,709.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

41.2%

21 March 2021 · Lyndhurst & Minstead

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

1,337 out of 3,245.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

44.4%

21 March 2021 · Lyndhurst & Minstead

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

737 out of 1,659.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

12.2%

21 March 2021 · Lyndhurst & Minstead

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

202 out of 1,659.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

46.8%

21 March 2021 · Lyndhurst & Minstead

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,519 out of 3,247.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

51%

21 March 2021 · Lyndhurst & Minstead

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,657 out of 3,247.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

2.4%

21 March 2021 · Lyndhurst & Minstead

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

77 out of 3,247.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

13.4%

21 March 2021 · Lyndhurst & Minstead

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

435 out of 3,245.

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Homes rented privately

16%

21 March 2021 · Lyndhurst & Minstead

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

267 out of 1,661.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

34.8%

21 March 2021 · Lyndhurst & Minstead

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,130 out of 3,247.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

9%

21 March 2021 · Lyndhurst & Minstead

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

153 out of 1,661.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

2.2%

21 March 2021 · Lyndhurst & Minstead

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

71 out of 3,247.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Lyndhurst & Minstead ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

205 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 205 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Lyndhurst & Minstead ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 16 mapped crimes in September 2024; 18 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Lyndhurst & Minstead
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 2024160
October 2024240
November 2024142
December 2024112
January 2025162
February 2025140
March 2025130
April 2025146
May 2025191
June 2025162
July 2025251
August 2025230
September 2025202
October 202593
November 2025153
December 2025123
January 2026232
February 202682
March 2026223
April 2026110
May 2026201
June 2026216
July 2026261
August 2026186
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Lyndhurst & Minstead
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime76
criminal damage arson42
other theft18
public order17
shoplifting16
burglary15
vehicle crime10
drugs5
bicycle theft2
possession of weapons2
other crime2
What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.

Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

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What could improve local safety →

Projects and proposed responses

A project elsewhere in the borough may matter here, but its location does not prove who benefits. Only verified ward associations are attached to a neighbourhood.

No project footprint has yet been verified for this ward. See the council-area projects and their stated locations →

What could help across New Forest →