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Electoral wardE05015756

Baldock West ward, North Hertfordshire

Baldock West is one of 25 electoral wards of North Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,167 residents in 3,557 households — 3,123 people per km², the 3rd 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, 20218,167council ward average 5,329
Households3,5572.3 residents per household
Density3,123/ km²about 2.62 km² · North Hertfordshire 355
Aged 65+19.3%North Hertfordshire: 19.4% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 376
5–95.5% · 446
10–158.1% · 662
16–194.5% · 367
20–244.8% · 394
25–3411.7% · 955
35–4920.7% · 1,692
50–6420.8% · 1,697
65–749.2% · 749
75–846.4% · 522
85+3.7% · 305

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.6% · 591
1 car or van45.0% · 1,602
2 cars or vans28.5% · 1,015
3 or more9.9% · 354
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.4% · 1,153
With mortgage28.9% · 1,027
Shared ownership1.3% · 46
Social rented20.2% · 719
Private rented17.2% · 611

Type of home

Detached house14.8% · 525
Semi-detached house32.8% · 1,168
Terraced house29.3% · 1,042
Purpose-built flat15.4% · 549
Converted house2.1% · 73
Other conversion2.2% · 79
Above shop / office1.4% · 50
Caravan, mobile2.0% · 71
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015756
County division
Baldock & Letchworth East, Royston West & Rural
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
5 of 25

Parishes in the ward

Clothall

Other wards in the same constituency

AArbury25.1% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned2,828BBaldock East16.3% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned2,450EErmine24.8% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned2,792GGreat Ashby8.5% aged 65+ · 71.3% owned5,996LLetchworth Grange19.4% aged 65+ · 51.1% owned6,808LLetchworth Norton18.7% aged 65+ · 59.0% owned4,535LLetchworth South East18.5% aged 65+ · 54.7% owned8,870LLetchworth South West25.7% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned8,479LLetchworth Wilbury17.7% aged 65+ · 51.1% owned5,632RRoyston Heath19.9% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned4,376RRoyston Meridian22.4% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned7,254RRoyston Palace16.1% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned5,812WWeston & Sandon23.0% aged 65+ · 68.4% owned2,066

All 25 wards of North 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.