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Bishop's Stortford Thorley Manor ward, East Hertfordshire

Bishop's Stortford Thorley Manor is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,434 residents in 3,229 households — 4,130 people per km², the 6th 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 and Bishop's Stortford West divisions.

Residents, 20218,434council ward average 5,776
Households3,2292.61 residents per household
Density4,130/ km²about 2.04 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+14.9%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 387
5–96.1% · 518
10–159.0% · 762
16–195.3% · 450
20–245.1% · 434
25–349.0% · 759
35–4920.8% · 1,751
50–6425.1% · 2,116
65–749.1% · 771
75–843.9% · 328
85+1.8% · 155

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.4% · 270
1 car or van36.8% · 1,190
2 cars or vans38.4% · 1,242
3 or more16.4% · 529
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright38.0% · 1,223
With mortgage42.7% · 1,374
Shared ownership1.8% · 58
Social rented5.7% · 184
Private rented11.9% · 382

Type of home

Detached house55.0% · 1,779
Semi-detached house20.8% · 673
Terraced house15.6% · 505
Purpose-built flat7.9% · 255
Converted house0.4% · 13
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.