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Electoral wardE05015367

Hertford Kingsmead ward, East Hertfordshire

Hertford Kingsmead is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,527 residents in 4,093 households — 3,597 people per km², the 2nd 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, 20219,527council ward average 5,776
Households4,0932.33 residents per household
Density3,597/ km²about 2.65 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+10.6%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 20.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.6% · 630
5–96.0% · 572
10–157.9% · 757
16–193.9% · 372
20–245.2% · 494
25–3417.0% · 1,620
35–4923.2% · 2,208
50–6419.6% · 1,869
65–746.2% · 593
75–843.2% · 309
85+1.1% · 104

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.4% · 507
1 car or van46.5% · 1,905
2 cars or vans31.9% · 1,307
3 or more9.1% · 374
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright24.7% · 1,010
With mortgage39.0% · 1,598
Shared ownership2.0% · 82
Social rented10.3% · 423
Private rented23.9% · 979
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house13.2% · 542
Semi-detached house20.3% · 830
Terraced house30.3% · 1,240
Purpose-built flat32.4% · 1,329
Converted house1.4% · 59
Other conversion1.5% · 63
Above shop / office0.6% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 12
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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.