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Electoral wardE05015379

Watton-at-Stone ward, East Hertfordshire

Watton-at-Stone is one of 26 electoral wards of East Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,886 residents in 2,035 households — 113 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Hertfordshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Hertford Rural division.

Residents, 20214,886council ward average 5,776
Households2,0352.4 residents per household
Density113/ km²about 43.32 km² · East Hertfordshire 316
Aged 65+22.5%East Hertfordshire: 18.3% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 240
5–95.5% · 267
10–157.1% · 348
16–194.4% · 214
20–244.3% · 208
25–349.5% · 466
35–4919.5% · 953
50–6422.3% · 1,089
65–7412.5% · 609
75–847.5% · 366
85+2.5% · 121

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.8% · 159
1 car or van36.2% · 736
2 cars or vans37.6% · 765
3 or more18.4% · 375
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright37.1% · 755
With mortgage32.6% · 663
Shared ownership1.0% · 21
Social rented14.6% · 297
Private rented14.6% · 298
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house35.1% · 716
Semi-detached house28.7% · 584
Terraced house21.9% · 446
Purpose-built flat12.1% · 247
Converted house0.8% · 16
Other conversion0.9% · 19
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015379
County division
Hertford Rural
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
20 of 26

Parishes in the ward

BramfieldStapleford and WaterfordWatton-at-Stone

Other wards in the same constituency

AAston, Datchworth & Walkern23.6% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned5,158BBraughing & Standon20.1% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned6,025BBuntingford20.3% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned10,950HHertford Rural22.9% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned2,643LLittle Hadham & The Pelhams18.6% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned2,512TThe Mundens22.6% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned1,326WWare Rural20.0% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned2,934

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.