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Electoral wardE05015364

Hertford Bengeo ward, East Hertfordshire

Hertford Bengeo is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,495 residents in 4,088 households — 1,055 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hertford and Stortford constituency; for county elections it is in the Hertford All Saints and Hertford St. Andrews divisions.

Residents, 20219,495council ward average 5,776
Households4,0882.32 residents per household
Density1,055/ km²about 9.00 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+19.8%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 580
5–96.2% · 590
10–157.0% · 667
16–193.4% · 322
20–243.7% · 351
25–3411.6% · 1,102
35–4922.2% · 2,104
50–6420.0% · 1,898
65–7410.4% · 983
75–846.8% · 645
85+2.7% · 255

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.9% · 527
1 car or van46.5% · 1,901
2 cars or vans31.3% · 1,281
3 or more9.3% · 380
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.1% · 1,476
With mortgage37.3% · 1,524
Shared ownership0.7% · 27
Social rented10.0% · 409
Private rented16.0% · 653

Type of home

Detached house17.6% · 719
Semi-detached house32.4% · 1,322
Terraced house32.6% · 1,330
Purpose-built flat14.2% · 578
Converted house1.3% · 53
Other conversion1.4% · 59
Above shop / office0.4% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
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.