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Electoral wardE05015365
Hertford Castle ward, East Hertfordshire
Hertford Castle is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,485 residents in 2,111 households — 1,181 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hertford and Stortford constituency; for county elections it is in the Hertford St. Andrews division.
Residents, 20214,485council ward average 5,776
Households2,1112.12 residents per household
Density1,181/ km²about 3.80 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+23.1%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 230
5–96.2% · 276
10–156.9% · 311
16–193.2% · 143
20–244.0% · 181
25–3412.7% · 568
35–4921.2% · 949
50–6417.6% · 789
65–749.9% · 445
75–848.3% · 371
85+4.9% · 221
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.5% · 453
1 car or van45.0% · 950
2 cars or vans26.0% · 548
3 or more7.5% · 158
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; East Hertfordshire overall: 69.3% owned, 13.1% social rented, 16.1% private rented.
Owned outright32.3% · 683
With mortgage27.8% · 588
Shared ownership0.7% · 14
Social rented17.0% · 359
Private rented22.1% · 466
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house17.4% · 367
Semi-detached house19.6% · 413
Terraced house20.7% · 438
Purpose-built flat32.1% · 677
Converted house2.3% · 48
Other conversion5.1% · 107
Above shop / office2.8% · 60
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015365- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Hertford St. Andrews
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 26
Parishes in the ward
Hertford
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 South17.1% aged 65+ · 81.9% owned5,690BBishop's Stortford Thorley Manor14.9% aged 65+ · 80.6% owned8,434HHertford Bengeo19.8% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned9,495HHertford 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
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.