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Electoral wardE05012186

Bushey Park ward, Hertsmere

Bushey Park is one of 16 electoral wards of Hertsmere Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,280 residents in 2,946 households — 2,658 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hertsmere constituency; for county elections it is in the Bushey South division.

Residents, 20217,280council ward average 6,739
Households2,9462.47 residents per household
Density2,658/ km²about 2.74 km² · Hertsmere 1,066
Aged 65+19.9%Hertsmere: 17.8% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 403
5–96.3% · 458
10–158.4% · 613
16–194.2% · 303
20–244.6% · 337
25–349.2% · 667
35–4921.8% · 1,584
50–6420.1% · 1,464
65–7410.3% · 752
75–847.1% · 520
85+2.5% · 179

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.2% · 301
1 car or van42.4% · 1,250
2 cars or vans35.0% · 1,030
3 or more12.4% · 365
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Hertsmere overall: 64.2% owned, 17.3% social rented, 17.3% private rented.

Owned outright37.0% · 1,091
With mortgage41.3% · 1,216
Shared ownership0.5% · 15
Social rented7.1% · 208
Private rented14.1% · 414
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house23.9% · 705
Semi-detached house30.5% · 900
Terraced house19.4% · 571
Purpose-built flat23.5% · 693
Converted house1.6% · 48
Other conversion0.6% · 17
Above shop / office0.2% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
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.