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Electoral wardE05015376

Ware Rural ward, East Hertfordshire

Ware Rural is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 2,934 residents in 1,187 households — 92 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hertford and Stortford and North East Hertfordshire constituencies; for county elections it is in the Sawbridgeworth and Ware North divisions.

Residents, 20212,934council ward average 5,776
Households1,1872.47 residents per household
Density92/ km²about 31.79 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+20.0%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 136
5–95.4% · 159
10–158.1% · 238
16–194.0% · 116
20–245.0% · 148
25–349.3% · 274
35–4919.3% · 566
50–6424.2% · 708
65–7411.2% · 327
75–846.6% · 193
85+2.3% · 66

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.1% · 96
1 car or van29.8% · 354
2 cars or vans40.2% · 477
3 or more21.8% · 259
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright37.3% · 442
With mortgage32.5% · 385
Shared ownership0.7% · 8
Social rented15.3% · 181
Private rented14.3% · 170

Type of home

Detached house31.8% · 378
Semi-detached house37.3% · 443
Terraced house22.9% · 272
Purpose-built flat5.1% · 61
Converted house0.8% · 10
Other conversion0.8% · 10
Above shop / office0.5% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 7
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015376
County division
Sawbridgeworth, Ware North
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
22 of 26

Parishes in the ward

ThundridgeWaresideWidford

Other wards in the same constituency

AAston, Datchworth & Walkern23.6% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned5,158BBishop'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% owned8,434BBraughing & Standon20.1% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned6,025BBuntingford20.3% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned10,950HHertford Bengeo19.8% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned9,495HHertford Castle23.1% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned4,485HHertford Kingsmead10.6% aged 65+ · 63.7% owned9,527HHertford Rural22.9% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned2,643HHertford Sele14.7% aged 65+ · 55.1% owned5,913

All 26 wards of East Hertfordshire

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.