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Electoral wardE05015370

Hunsdon ward, East Hertfordshire

Hunsdon is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 2,205 residents in 844 households — 122 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hertford and Stortford constituency; for county elections it is in the Sawbridgeworth division.

Residents, 20212,205council ward average 5,776
Households8442.61 residents per household
Density122/ km²about 18.01 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+17.7%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 20.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–48.1% · 178
5–96.3% · 138
10–156.4% · 141
16–193.3% · 72
20–244.0% · 88
25–3412.3% · 271
35–4922.4% · 493
50–6419.6% · 433
65–749.9% · 219
75–844.6% · 102
85+3.2% · 70

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.6% · 56
1 car or van31.7% · 268
2 cars or vans42.7% · 361
3 or more18.9% · 160
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.8% · 277
With mortgage41.1% · 347
Shared ownership2.6% · 22
Social rented15.5% · 131
Private rented7.9% · 67

Type of home

Detached house37.1% · 313
Semi-detached house37.3% · 315
Terraced house18.0% · 152
Purpose-built flat5.6% · 47
Converted house0.7% · 6
Other conversion0.8% · 7
Above shop / office0.2% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 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 1 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.