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Electoral wardE05015375

Ware Priory ward, East Hertfordshire

Ware Priory is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,460 residents in 3,561 households — 2,212 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hertford and Stortford constituency; for county elections it is in the Ware South division.

Residents, 20217,460council ward average 5,776
Households3,5612.09 residents per household
Density2,212/ km²about 3.37 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+19.1%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 414
5–95.1% · 383
10–155.7% · 422
16–192.6% · 197
20–244.2% · 312
25–3417.4% · 1,295
35–4921.5% · 1,607
50–6418.9% · 1,406
65–748.4% · 623
75–846.5% · 487
85+4.2% · 312

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.5% · 657
1 car or van49.4% · 1,757
2 cars or vans25.7% · 914
3 or more6.5% · 230
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright28.5% · 1,013
With mortgage32.3% · 1,150
Shared ownership3.1% · 110
Social rented12.2% · 434
Private rented24.0% · 853

Type of home

Detached house15.6% · 557
Semi-detached house16.2% · 577
Terraced house18.4% · 655
Purpose-built flat42.1% · 1,500
Converted house1.1% · 39
Other conversion3.9% · 139
Above shop / office2.4% · 86
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.