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Electoral wardE05015362

Buntingford ward, East Hertfordshire

Buntingford is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,950 residents in 4,353 households — 135 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Hertfordshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Buntingford division.

Residents, 202110,950council ward average 5,776
Households4,3532.52 residents per household
Density135/ km²about 80.93 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+20.3%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.6% · 719
5–96.8% · 747
10–157.0% · 770
16–194.0% · 436
20–244.2% · 464
25–3411.8% · 1,296
35–4918.5% · 2,024
50–6420.8% · 2,276
65–7411.1% · 1,218
75–846.8% · 743
85+2.4% · 259

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.7% · 334
1 car or van33.0% · 1,436
2 cars or vans40.9% · 1,782
3 or more18.4% · 802
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright37.1% · 1,618
With mortgage37.1% · 1,618
Shared ownership2.1% · 92
Social rented14.0% · 611
Private rented9.6% · 416
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house35.5% · 1,546
Semi-detached house34.4% · 1,500
Terraced house21.2% · 925
Purpose-built flat7.1% · 309
Converted house0.5% · 22
Other conversion0.5% · 22
Above shop / office0.7% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.