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Electoral wardE05004695

Ashridge ward, Dacorum

Ashridge is one of 25 electoral wards of Dacorum Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 2,696 residents in 1,084 households — 146 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency; for county elections it is in the Bridgewater division.

Residents, 20212,696council ward average 6,203
Households1,0842.49 residents per household
Density146/ km²about 18.42 km² · Dacorum 730
Aged 65+27.1%Dacorum: 17.4% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 112
5–95.4% · 145
10–158.2% · 222
16–193.9% · 106
20–244.2% · 113
25–345.8% · 155
35–4916.7% · 450
50–6424.5% · 661
65–7413.8% · 373
75–849.4% · 254
85+3.8% · 103

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.2% · 78
1 car or van28.9% · 314
2 cars or vans40.8% · 443
3 or more23.0% · 250
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Dacorum overall: 63.9% owned, 21.0% social rented, 14.3% private rented.

Owned outright46.6% · 505
With mortgage33.3% · 361
Shared ownership0.2% · 2
Social rented11.5% · 125
Private rented8.2% · 89
Lives rent free0.2% · 2

Type of home

Detached house56.1% · 608
Semi-detached house26.7% · 289
Terraced house11.9% · 129
Purpose-built flat3.0% · 32
Converted house0.7% · 8
Other conversion0.9% · 10
Above shop / office0.5% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 2
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.