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Electoral wardE05015373
Sawbridgeworth ward, East Hertfordshire
Sawbridgeworth is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,744 residents in 3,659 households — 877 people per km², the 5th 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, 20218,744council ward average 5,776
Households3,6592.39 residents per household
Density877/ km²about 9.97 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+23.1%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 18.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 443
5–95.9% · 515
10–157.5% · 660
16–194.0% · 351
20–244.2% · 368
25–349.2% · 803
35–4920.3% · 1,779
50–6420.7% · 1,809
65–7412.2% · 1,069
75–847.8% · 678
85+3.1% · 272
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.4% · 381
1 car or van41.4% · 1,515
2 cars or vans35.0% · 1,280
3 or more13.1% · 480
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; East Hertfordshire overall: 69.3% owned, 13.1% social rented, 16.1% private rented.
Owned outright41.0% · 1,502
With mortgage35.1% · 1,286
Shared ownership0.5% · 19
Social rented9.2% · 336
Private rented14.1% · 515
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house33.4% · 1,221
Semi-detached house29.3% · 1,070
Terraced house20.9% · 764
Purpose-built flat12.3% · 451
Converted house1.4% · 50
Other conversion1.3% · 49
Above shop / office1.2% · 42
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015373- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Sawbridgeworth
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 26
Parishes in the ward
Sawbridgeworth
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% owned2,205MMuch Hadham22.1% aged 65+ · 68.8% owned3,096WWare 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.