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Electoral wardE05009479

Ross East ward, Herefordshire

Ross East is one of 53 electoral wards of Herefordshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,879 residents in 1,925 households — 954 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hereford and South Herefordshire constituency.

Residents, 20213,879council ward average 3,529
Households1,9252.02 residents per household
Density954/ km²about 4.07 km² · Herefordshire 86
Aged 65+30.9%Herefordshire: 25.9% · under 16: 13.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.8% · 148
5–94.2% · 161
10–155.9% · 229
16–193.2% · 125
20–244.4% · 171
25–3410.8% · 418
35–4916.3% · 631
50–6420.5% · 796
65–7414.3% · 556
75–8410.9% · 424
85+5.7% · 220

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.2% · 428
1 car or van44.6% · 859
2 cars or vans24.9% · 479
3 or more8.3% · 159
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Herefordshire overall: 66.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 18.8% private rented.

Owned outright43.1% · 829
With mortgage17.9% · 345
Shared ownership0.8% · 15
Social rented13.9% · 268
Private rented24.2% · 466
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house29.7% · 572
Semi-detached house22.0% · 423
Terraced house19.6% · 377
Purpose-built flat17.4% · 334
Converted house5.0% · 96
Other conversion2.4% · 47
Above shop / office2.9% · 56
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 20
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.