Electoral wardE05015759
Ermine ward, North Hertfordshire
Ermine is one of 25 electoral wards of North Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 2,792 residents in 1,132 households — 44 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Hertfordshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Royston East & Ermine and Royston West & Rural divisions.
Residents, 20212,792council ward average 5,329
Households1,1322.47 residents per household
Density44/ km²about 64.04 km² · North Hertfordshire 355
Aged 65+24.8%North Hertfordshire: 19.4% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 145
5–95.2% · 145
10–157.0% · 195
16–193.8% · 107
20–244.0% · 112
25–347.9% · 220
35–4918.4% · 515
50–6423.6% · 660
65–7413.0% · 364
75–848.3% · 231
85+3.5% · 98
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van5.7% · 64
1 car or van31.3% · 354
2 cars or vans40.2% · 455
3 or more22.9% · 259
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; North Hertfordshire overall: 64.8% owned, 18.7% social rented, 15.4% private rented.
Owned outright41.6% · 472
With mortgage29.8% · 338
Shared ownership1.3% · 15
Social rented13.9% · 158
Private rented13.4% · 152
Type of home
Detached house51.9% · 588
Semi-detached house31.7% · 359
Terraced house13.6% · 154
Purpose-built flat1.2% · 14
Converted house0.7% · 8
Other conversion0.6% · 7
Above shop / office0.3% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015759- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Royston East & Ermine, Royston West & Rural
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 24 of 25
Parishes in the ward
BarkwayBarleyKelshallNuthampsteadReedTherfield
Other wards in the same constituency
AArbury25.1% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned2,828BBaldock East16.3% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned2,450BBaldock West19.3% aged 65+ · 61.3% owned8,167GGreat 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
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.