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Electoral wardE05015357

Bishop's Stortford North ward, East Hertfordshire

Bishop's Stortford North is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,861 residents in 3,688 households — 1,186 people per km², the 4th 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 East and Bishop's Stortford West divisions.

Residents, 20218,861council ward average 5,776
Households3,6882.4 residents per household
Density1,186/ km²about 7.47 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+13.8%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.6% · 589
5–96.6% · 584
10–157.8% · 692
16–193.5% · 307
20–245.4% · 476
25–3416.8% · 1,490
35–4921.8% · 1,931
50–6417.7% · 1,570
65–747.2% · 634
75–844.5% · 397
85+2.1% · 190

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.5% · 572
1 car or van43.9% · 1,617
2 cars or vans32.0% · 1,180
3 or more8.6% · 317
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright28.3% · 1,045
With mortgage37.4% · 1,378
Shared ownership3.4% · 126
Social rented9.7% · 359
Private rented21.1% · 777
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house37.2% · 1,372
Semi-detached house20.7% · 765
Terraced house15.6% · 576
Purpose-built flat21.5% · 793
Converted house1.1% · 40
Other conversion2.2% · 81
Above shop / office1.6% · 58
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015357
County division
Bishop's Stortford East, Bishop's Stortford West
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
11 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 Central15.2% aged 65+ · 51.8% owned6,417BBishop'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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.