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Electoral wardE05015358

Bishop's Stortford Parsonage ward, East Hertfordshire

Bishop's Stortford Parsonage is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,988 residents in 2,778 households — 2,614 people per km², the 8th 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 division.

Residents, 20216,988council ward average 5,776
Households2,7782.52 residents per household
Density2,614/ km²about 2.67 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+20.5%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 19.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 329
5–95.9% · 414
10–158.7% · 609
16–194.2% · 296
20–244.6% · 321
25–3410.6% · 741
35–4921.8% · 1,525
50–6418.9% · 1,319
65–7410.2% · 714
75–846.8% · 474
85+3.4% · 240

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.0% · 360
1 car or van43.3% · 1,202
2 cars or vans32.2% · 896
3 or more11.6% · 321
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.6% · 1,130
With mortgage35.1% · 976
Shared ownership0.9% · 25
Social rented8.2% · 229
Private rented15.1% · 421

Type of home

Detached house29.8% · 829
Semi-detached house37.6% · 1,047
Terraced house19.7% · 547
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 312
Converted house0.8% · 22
Other conversion0.6% · 17
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015358
County division
Bishop's Stortford East
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
7 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 North13.8% aged 65+ · 65.7% owned8,861BBishop'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.