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Baldock East ward, North Hertfordshire

Baldock East is one of 25 electoral wards of North Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 2,450 residents in 1,123 households — 4,063 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Hertfordshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Baldock & Letchworth East and Royston West & Rural divisions.

Residents, 20212,450council ward average 5,329
Households1,1232.18 residents per household
Density4,063/ km²about 0.60 km² · North Hertfordshire 355
Aged 65+16.3%North Hertfordshire: 19.4% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 120
5–95.4% · 133
10–155.9% · 144
16–192.9% · 72
20–244.8% · 118
25–3413.7% · 337
35–4921.7% · 531
50–6424.3% · 596
65–749.2% · 226
75–845.5% · 134
85+1.6% · 40

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.1% · 114
1 car or van46.4% · 523
2 cars or vans32.7% · 369
3 or more10.7% · 121
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; North Hertfordshire overall: 64.8% owned, 18.7% social rented, 15.4% private rented.

Owned outright41.7% · 468
With mortgage38.1% · 427
Shared ownership0.9% · 10
Social rented1.9% · 21
Private rented17.5% · 196

Type of home

Detached house25.1% · 281
Semi-detached house35.9% · 402
Terraced house25.1% · 281
Purpose-built flat13.0% · 146
Converted house0.5% · 6
Other conversion0.3% · 3
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
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.