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Ware St Mary's ward, East Hertfordshire

Ware St Mary's is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,749 residents in 2,917 households — 3,520 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hertford and Stortford constituency; for county elections it is in the Ware North division.

Residents, 20216,749council ward average 5,776
Households2,9172.31 residents per household
Density3,520/ km²about 1.92 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+19.6%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 346
5–95.7% · 385
10–157.0% · 472
16–193.9% · 263
20–244.3% · 292
25–3413.2% · 894
35–4920.1% · 1,354
50–6421.1% · 1,422
65–7411.3% · 765
75–846.0% · 408
85+2.2% · 149

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.7% · 313
1 car or van43.4% · 1,268
2 cars or vans34.1% · 994
3 or more11.8% · 344
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright39.7% · 1,160
With mortgage38.0% · 1,110
Shared ownership1.2% · 34
Social rented7.3% · 214
Private rented13.8% · 402

Type of home

Detached house16.7% · 487
Semi-detached house38.6% · 1,125
Terraced house22.1% · 644
Purpose-built flat20.3% · 590
Converted house1.2% · 35
Other conversion0.7% · 21
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
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.