Electoral wardE05004697
Berkhamsted Castle ward, Dacorum
Berkhamsted Castle is one of 25 electoral wards of Dacorum Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,106 residents in 2,760 households — 1,595 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency; for county elections it is in the Berkhamsted division.
Residents, 20216,106council ward average 6,203
Households2,7602.21 residents per household
Density1,595/ km²about 3.83 km² · Dacorum 730
Aged 65+22.6%Dacorum: 17.4% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 309
5–95.7% · 349
10–157.1% · 435
16–193.5% · 216
20–242.8% · 173
25–349.6% · 587
35–4922.2% · 1,358
50–6421.3% · 1,302
65–7411.2% · 687
75–847.5% · 458
85+3.8% · 233
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.6% · 319
1 car or van47.8% · 1,319
2 cars or vans30.4% · 838
3 or more10.3% · 284
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dacorum overall: 63.9% owned, 21.0% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright43.3% · 1,196
With mortgage33.6% · 926
Shared ownership0.1% · 4
Social rented4.7% · 131
Private rented18.2% · 503
Type of home
Detached house33.4% · 920
Semi-detached house20.5% · 565
Terraced house20.7% · 572
Purpose-built flat22.6% · 622
Converted house1.1% · 29
Other conversion0.7% · 18
Above shop / office1.1% · 29
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05004697- Council
- Dacorum Borough Council
- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Berkhamsted
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 25
Parishes in the ward
Berkhamsted
Other wards in the same constituency
AAldbury and Wigginton22.9% aged 65+ · 78.9% owned2,406AAshridge27.1% aged 65+ · 79.9% owned2,696BBerkhamsted East16.9% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned6,138BBerkhamsted West18.0% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned6,537NNorthchurch27.9% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned2,836TTring Central18.4% aged 65+ · 68.9% owned5,386TTring East22.7% aged 65+ · 79.6% owned3,417TTring West and Rural20.6% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned5,177WWatling18.2% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned5,800
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.