Electoral wardE05004705
Hemel Hempstead Town ward, Dacorum
Hemel Hempstead Town is one of 25 electoral wards of Dacorum Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,190 residents in 3,264 households — 4,755 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hemel Hempstead constituency; for county elections it is in the Hemel Hempstead St. Pauls and Hemel Hempstead Town divisions.
Residents, 20217,190council ward average 6,203
Households3,2642.2 residents per household
Density4,755/ km²about 1.51 km² · Dacorum 730
Aged 65+12.3%Dacorum: 17.4% · under 16: 20.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.6% · 547
5–96.6% · 472
10–156.5% · 470
16–193.4% · 245
20–246.1% · 439
25–3419.8% · 1,423
35–4921.5% · 1,544
50–6416.2% · 1,163
65–746.4% · 462
75–843.8% · 275
85+2.1% · 150
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.0% · 915
1 car or van45.9% · 1,498
2 cars or vans20.5% · 669
3 or more5.6% · 182
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dacorum overall: 63.9% owned, 21.0% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright16.2% · 530
With mortgage22.4% · 731
Shared ownership1.3% · 41
Social rented33.5% · 1,094
Private rented26.5% · 865
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house6.4% · 208
Semi-detached house18.3% · 597
Terraced house18.1% · 590
Purpose-built flat47.9% · 1,564
Converted house3.6% · 118
Other conversion2.2% · 73
Above shop / office3.3% · 108
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05004705- Council
- Dacorum Borough Council
- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Hemel Hempstead St. Pauls, Hemel Hempstead Town
- Constituency
- Hemel Hempstead
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 25
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAdeyfield East15.4% aged 65+ · 50.9% owned6,078AAdeyfield West16.0% aged 65+ · 54.8% owned5,960AApsley and Corner Hall12.3% aged 65+ · 56.8% owned10,307BBennetts End14.5% aged 65+ · 63.0% owned6,031BBovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield21.2% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned9,497BBoxmoor17.9% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned8,741CChaulden and Warners End16.6% aged 65+ · 59.6% owned9,285GGadebridge14.0% aged 65+ · 61.0% owned5,801GGrovehill17.2% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned8,004HHighfield16.1% aged 65+ · 43.3% owned5,886LLeverstock Green18.9% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned9,712NNash Mills14.8% aged 65+ · 65.9% owned3,780WWoodhall Farm10.3% aged 65+ · 56.5% owned7,022
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.