Electoral wardE05004706
Highfield ward, Dacorum
Highfield is one of 25 electoral wards of Dacorum Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,886 residents in 2,365 households — 4,853 people per km², the 15th 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 division.
Residents, 20215,886council ward average 6,203
Households2,3652.49 residents per household
Density4,853/ km²about 1.21 km² · Dacorum 730
Aged 65+16.1%Dacorum: 17.4% · under 16: 22.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.1% · 419
5–97.2% · 421
10–157.8% · 457
16–193.4% · 202
20–245.0% · 297
25–3414.8% · 868
35–4921.2% · 1,250
50–6417.4% · 1,021
65–747.4% · 435
75–845.6% · 327
85+3.2% · 186
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.4% · 554
1 car or van41.9% · 992
2 cars or vans25.9% · 612
3 or more8.8% · 207
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dacorum overall: 63.9% owned, 21.0% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright18.7% · 443
With mortgage24.6% · 582
Shared ownership1.7% · 41
Social rented39.9% · 943
Private rented15.0% · 354
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house5.9% · 139
Semi-detached house17.3% · 410
Terraced house46.9% · 1,110
Purpose-built flat26.0% · 614
Converted house2.7% · 65
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.8% · 20
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05004706- Council
- Dacorum Borough Council
- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Hemel Hempstead St. Pauls
- Constituency
- Hemel Hempstead
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 25
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% owned8,004HHemel Hempstead Town12.3% aged 65+ · 38.6% owned7,190LLeverstock 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.