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Electoral wardE05015361

Braughing & Standon ward, East Hertfordshire

Braughing & Standon is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,025 residents in 2,443 households — 145 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Hertfordshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Ware North and Buntingford divisions.

Residents, 20216,025council ward average 5,776
Households2,4432.47 residents per household
Density145/ km²about 41.61 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+20.1%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 19.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 310
5–96.1% · 369
10–157.9% · 478
16–194.3% · 258
20–244.4% · 267
25–3411.0% · 662
35–4917.6% · 1,060
50–6423.4% · 1,407
65–7411.3% · 678
75–846.3% · 378
85+2.6% · 157

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.1% · 174
1 car or van33.2% · 811
2 cars or vans41.2% · 1,005
3 or more18.5% · 452
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright38.5% · 940
With mortgage37.1% · 905
Shared ownership0.7% · 17
Social rented12.1% · 296
Private rented11.6% · 283

Type of home

Detached house32.1% · 784
Semi-detached house36.8% · 899
Terraced house20.1% · 491
Purpose-built flat7.9% · 194
Converted house0.4% · 9
Other conversion1.1% · 27
Above shop / office0.4% · 10
Caravan, mobile1.2% · 29
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.