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Electoral wardE05015356

Bishop's Stortford Central ward, East Hertfordshire

Bishop's Stortford Central is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,417 residents in 2,750 households — 5,920 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hertford and Stortford constituency; for county elections it is in the Bishop's Stortford West division.

Residents, 20216,417council ward average 5,776
Households2,7502.33 residents per household
Density5,920/ km²about 1.08 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+15.2%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 391
5–95.9% · 377
10–157.1% · 454
16–193.7% · 240
20–245.5% · 351
25–3416.1% · 1,032
35–4921.5% · 1,382
50–6418.9% · 1,211
65–747.9% · 509
75–845.0% · 318
85+2.3% · 149

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.3% · 558
1 car or van47.8% · 1,315
2 cars or vans24.1% · 664
3 or more7.8% · 214
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; East Hertfordshire overall: 69.3% owned, 13.1% social rented, 16.1% private rented.

Owned outright22.4% · 618
With mortgage29.3% · 808
Shared ownership1.5% · 40
Social rented25.8% · 711
Private rented20.9% · 576
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house13.4% · 367
Semi-detached house41.3% · 1,134
Terraced house25.8% · 708
Purpose-built flat17.5% · 480
Converted house1.0% · 28
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.9% · 26
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015356
County division
Bishop's Stortford West
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
1 of 26

Parishes in the ward

Bishop's Stortford

Other wards in the same constituency

BBishop's Stortford All Saints10.4% aged 65+ · 50.6% owned4,860BBishop's Stortford North13.8% aged 65+ · 65.7% owned8,861BBishop's Stortford Parsonage20.5% aged 65+ · 75.7% owned6,988BBishop's Stortford South17.1% aged 65+ · 81.9% owned5,690BBishop's Stortford Thorley Manor14.9% aged 65+ · 80.6% owned8,434HHertford Bengeo19.8% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned9,495HHertford Castle23.1% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned4,485HHertford Kingsmead10.6% aged 65+ · 63.7% owned9,527HHertford Sele14.7% aged 65+ · 55.1% owned5,913HHunsdon17.7% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned2,205MMuch Hadham22.1% aged 65+ · 68.8% owned3,096SSawbridgeworth23.1% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned8,744WWare Priory19.1% aged 65+ · 60.8% owned7,460WWare Rural20.0% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned2,934

All 26 wards of East Hertfordshire

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.