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Electoral wardE05015772

Letchworth South West ward, North Hertfordshire

Letchworth South West is one of 25 electoral wards of North Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,479 residents in 3,542 households — 1,088 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Hertfordshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Letchworth South division.

Residents, 20218,479council ward average 5,329
Households3,5422.39 residents per household
Density1,088/ km²about 7.79 km² · North Hertfordshire 355
Aged 65+25.7%North Hertfordshire: 19.4% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 383
5–95.5% · 467
10–157.5% · 632
16–194.1% · 345
20–244.6% · 394
25–349.6% · 812
35–4918.2% · 1,544
50–6420.3% · 1,724
65–7413.0% · 1,101
75–848.7% · 739
85+4.0% · 336

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.3% · 542
1 car or van41.6% · 1,475
2 cars or vans31.2% · 1,109
3 or more11.9% · 423
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.6% · 1,509
With mortgage26.7% · 947
Shared ownership0.5% · 16
Social rented18.7% · 661
Private rented11.5% · 408

Type of home

Detached house42.2% · 1,494
Semi-detached house21.0% · 745
Terraced house19.3% · 685
Purpose-built flat12.0% · 425
Converted house0.7% · 26
Other conversion1.4% · 51
Above shop / office3.2% · 115
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015772
County division
Letchworth South
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
15 of 25

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% owned8,167EErmine24.8% 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 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.