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Letchworth Norton ward, North Hertfordshire

Letchworth Norton is one of 25 electoral wards of North Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,535 residents in 2,023 households — 1,786 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Hertfordshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Letchworth North and Letchworth South divisions.

Residents, 20214,535council ward average 5,329
Households2,0232.24 residents per household
Density1,786/ km²about 2.54 km² · North Hertfordshire 355
Aged 65+18.7%North Hertfordshire: 19.4% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.5% · 296
5–96.0% · 274
10–156.5% · 295
16–193.2% · 146
20–244.7% · 213
25–3414.0% · 634
35–4921.8% · 987
50–6418.6% · 845
65–749.9% · 447
75–846.3% · 287
85+2.5% · 112

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.3% · 350
1 car or van47.6% · 963
2 cars or vans27.7% · 560
3 or more7.4% · 150
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright30.5% · 617
With mortgage28.4% · 575
Shared ownership2.9% · 59
Social rented21.7% · 439
Private rented16.4% · 331
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house22.0% · 445
Semi-detached house24.0% · 486
Terraced house29.1% · 589
Purpose-built flat23.9% · 483
Converted house0.5% · 11
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.