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Electoral wardE05015372
Much Hadham ward, East Hertfordshire
Much Hadham is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,096 residents in 1,171 households — 87 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hertford and Stortford constituency; for county elections it is in the Bishop's Stortford Rural and Sawbridgeworth divisions.
Residents, 20213,096council ward average 5,776
Households1,1712.64 residents per household
Density87/ km²about 35.75 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+22.1%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 135
5–96.1% · 189
10–158.5% · 264
16–194.0% · 124
20–244.4% · 136
25–349.6% · 297
35–4918.7% · 578
50–6422.2% · 688
65–7411.7% · 363
75–847.2% · 224
85+3.1% · 96
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.9% · 116
1 car or van27.7% · 324
2 cars or vans40.0% · 468
3 or more22.4% · 262
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; East Hertfordshire overall: 69.3% owned, 13.1% social rented, 16.1% private rented.
Owned outright36.0% · 421
With mortgage32.8% · 384
Shared ownership0.4% · 5
Social rented15.8% · 185
Private rented14.9% · 174
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house42.2% · 494
Semi-detached house33.8% · 396
Terraced house16.7% · 195
Purpose-built flat5.8% · 68
Converted house0.9% · 10
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.4% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015372- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Bishop's Stortford Rural, Sawbridgeworth
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 24 of 26
Parishes in the ward
High WychMuch Hadham
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 Castle23.1% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned4,485HHertford Kingsmead10.6% aged 65+ · 63.7% owned9,527HHertford Sele14.7% aged 65+ · 55.1% owned5,913HHunsdon17.7% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned2,205SSawbridgeworth23.1% 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.