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Berkhamsted East ward, Dacorum

Berkhamsted East is one of 25 electoral wards of Dacorum Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,138 residents in 2,504 households — 944 people per km², the 10th 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, 20216,138council ward average 6,203
Households2,5042.45 residents per household
Density944/ km²about 6.50 km² · Dacorum 730
Aged 65+16.9%Dacorum: 17.4% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 362
5–97.0% · 427
10–158.1% · 498
16–194.5% · 275
20–243.6% · 220
25–3410.6% · 651
35–4923.6% · 1,450
50–6419.9% · 1,219
65–748.6% · 527
75–845.6% · 342
85+2.7% · 168

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.9% · 324
1 car or van46.4% · 1,163
2 cars or vans30.9% · 773
3 or more9.7% · 244
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.8% · 846
With mortgage35.8% · 898
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented14.4% · 361
Private rented15.7% · 393
Lives rent free0.2% · 4

Type of home

Detached house23.3% · 584
Semi-detached house22.7% · 569
Terraced house29.9% · 748
Purpose-built flat20.9% · 523
Converted house0.7% · 18
Other conversion0.8% · 19
Above shop / office1.6% · 40
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 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.