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Northchurch ward, Dacorum

Northchurch is one of 25 electoral wards of Dacorum Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 2,836 residents in 1,312 households — 189 people per km², the 23rd 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, 20212,836council ward average 6,203
Households1,3122.16 residents per household
Density189/ km²about 15.02 km² · Dacorum 730
Aged 65+27.9%Dacorum: 17.4% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 118
5–95.4% · 152
10–157.5% · 213
16–193.0% · 84
20–242.6% · 75
25–347.1% · 201
35–4919.2% · 545
50–6423.2% · 658
65–7413.1% · 371
75–848.8% · 251
85+6.0% · 170

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.3% · 214
1 car or van39.3% · 516
2 cars or vans31.7% · 417
3 or more12.7% · 167
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright46.5% · 610
With mortgage31.2% · 410
Shared ownership0.5% · 7
Social rented11.1% · 145
Private rented10.7% · 140

Type of home

Detached house35.1% · 461
Semi-detached house26.8% · 352
Terraced house18.1% · 237
Purpose-built flat11.9% · 156
Converted house1.1% · 15
Other conversion1.1% · 14
Above shop / office0.5% · 7
Caravan, mobile5.3% · 70
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.