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Electoral wardE05015359

Bishop's Stortford South ward, East Hertfordshire

Bishop's Stortford South is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,690 residents in 2,221 households — 2,008 people per km², the 14th 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 Rural division.

Residents, 20215,690council ward average 5,776
Households2,2212.56 residents per household
Density2,008/ km²about 2.83 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+17.1%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 281
5–96.6% · 373
10–158.3% · 471
16–194.5% · 255
20–244.6% · 261
25–3411.2% · 636
35–4921.0% · 1,197
50–6421.8% · 1,243
65–748.9% · 508
75–845.7% · 326
85+2.5% · 140

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.4% · 187
1 car or van41.3% · 917
2 cars or vans37.3% · 828
3 or more13.0% · 288
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.1% · 891
With mortgage41.7% · 927
Shared ownership0.5% · 10
Social rented2.3% · 51
Private rented15.4% · 342

Type of home

Detached house34.4% · 764
Semi-detached house37.3% · 827
Terraced house16.8% · 373
Purpose-built flat10.2% · 226
Converted house0.6% · 14
Other conversion0.4% · 9
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015359
County division
Bishop's Stortford Rural
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
10 of 26

Parishes in the ward

Bishop's StortfordThorley

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 Parsonage20.5% aged 65+ · 75.7% owned6,988BBishop'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.