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Waltham Cross ward, Broxbourne

Waltham Cross is one of 10 electoral wards of Broxbourne Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 11,939 residents in 4,900 households — 4,037 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Broxbourne constituency; for county elections it is in the Waltham Cross division.

Residents, 202111,939council ward average 9,901
Households4,9002.44 residents per household
Density4,037/ km²about 2.96 km² · Broxbourne 1,925
Aged 65+13.1%Broxbourne: 17.4% · under 16: 20.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.8% · 815
5–96.2% · 741
10–157.6% · 904
16–194.5% · 540
20–245.8% · 697
25–3416.6% · 1,982
35–4922.1% · 2,639
50–6417.3% · 2,060
65–746.7% · 794
75–844.5% · 532
85+2.0% · 233

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.4% · 1,344
1 car or van46.3% · 2,271
2 cars or vans19.4% · 950
3 or more6.8% · 335
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Broxbourne overall: 68.6% owned, 14.3% social rented, 16.0% private rented.

Owned outright23.7% · 1,159
With mortgage30.2% · 1,479
Shared ownership2.1% · 105
Social rented20.0% · 981
Private rented23.8% · 1,168
Lives rent free0.2% · 8

Type of home

Detached house5.0% · 246
Semi-detached house21.4% · 1,047
Terraced house31.7% · 1,551
Purpose-built flat35.2% · 1,725
Converted house2.1% · 104
Other conversion0.8% · 41
Above shop / office2.4% · 116
Caravan, mobile1.4% · 69
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.