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Electoral wardE05015763

Hitchin Highbury ward, North Hertfordshire

Hitchin Highbury is one of 25 electoral wards of North Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,871 residents in 3,310 households — 4,304 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hitchin constituency; for county elections it is in the Hitchin South division.

Residents, 20217,871council ward average 5,329
Households3,3102.38 residents per household
Density4,304/ km²about 1.83 km² · North Hertfordshire 355
Aged 65+18.8%North Hertfordshire: 19.4% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 446
5–97.1% · 557
10–157.7% · 605
16–194.0% · 315
20–243.9% · 306
25–3410.2% · 805
35–4924.0% · 1,888
50–6418.6% · 1,462
65–748.9% · 699
75–846.9% · 543
85+3.1% · 240

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.4% · 476
1 car or van47.5% · 1,570
2 cars or vans29.7% · 980
3 or more8.4% · 277
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright38.5% · 1,273
With mortgage35.8% · 1,184
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented7.5% · 247
Private rented18.0% · 597

Type of home

Detached house23.5% · 775
Semi-detached house37.6% · 1,241
Terraced house15.6% · 516
Purpose-built flat20.2% · 668
Converted house1.6% · 52
Other conversion0.8% · 27
Above shop / office0.6% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015763
County division
Hitchin South
Constituency
Hitchin
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
2 of 25

Other wards in the same constituency

CCadwell25.4% aged 65+ · 63.7% owned2,358CCodicote & Kimpton23.3% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned4,938GGraveley, St Ippolyts & Wymondley20.1% aged 65+ · 64.3% owned2,576GGreat Ashby8.5% aged 65+ · 71.3% owned5,996HHitchin Bearton12.7% aged 65+ · 58.1% owned8,159HHitchin Oughton15.7% aged 65+ · 49.3% owned5,112HHitchin Priory25.7% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned6,373HHitchin Walsworth15.9% aged 65+ · 63.6% owned7,709HHitchwood23.9% aged 65+ · 64.0% owned2,659OOffa19.3% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned3,948

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.