Electoral wardE05009448
Castle ward, Herefordshire
Castle is one of 53 electoral wards of Herefordshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,149 residents in 1,402 households — 30 people per km², the 45th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Herefordshire constituency.
Residents, 20213,149council ward average 3,529
Households1,4022.25 residents per household
Density30/ km²about 103.25 km² · Herefordshire 86
Aged 65+32.6%Herefordshire: 25.9% · under 16: 13.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.3% · 104
5–94.9% · 155
10–155.7% · 178
16–193.1% · 99
20–243.0% · 96
25–348.3% · 263
35–4913.9% · 439
50–6425.1% · 790
65–7417.7% · 556
75–8411.0% · 348
85+3.9% · 122
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van5.6% · 79
1 car or van33.4% · 468
2 cars or vans40.5% · 567
3 or more20.4% · 286
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Herefordshire overall: 66.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 18.8% private rented.
Owned outright54.3% · 761
With mortgage21.1% · 296
Shared ownership0.5% · 7
Social rented8.0% · 112
Private rented16.1% · 226
Type of home
Detached house70.1% · 983
Semi-detached house20.5% · 288
Terraced house6.1% · 85
Purpose-built flat0.9% · 12
Converted house1.0% · 14
Other conversion0.4% · 6
Above shop / office0.7% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009448- Council
- Herefordshire Council
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 49 of 53
Parishes in the ward
AlmeleyBrilleyBrobury with Monnington on WyeEardisleyKinnersleyLettonNorton CanonSarnesfieldStaunton on WyeWhitney-on-WyeWillersley and Winforton
Other wards in the same constituency
AArrow32.4% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned3,653BBackbury28.8% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned3,201BBircher33.9% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned3,817BBishops Frome & Cradley30.4% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned3,072BBromyard Bringsty34.0% aged 65+ · 65.6% owned3,466BBromyard West25.3% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned3,277CCredenhill22.5% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned3,698HHagley20.4% aged 65+ · 74.4% owned4,298HHampton33.1% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned3,489HHolmer20.7% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned4,228HHope End33.8% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned3,569KKington29.5% aged 65+ · 55.8% owned3,218LLedbury North38.3% aged 65+ · 63.0% owned2,878LLedbury South33.0% aged 65+ · 67.9% owned3,544
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.