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Letchworth Wilbury ward, North Hertfordshire

Letchworth Wilbury is one of 25 electoral wards of North Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,632 residents in 2,470 households — 3,086 people per km², the 12th 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, 20215,632council ward average 5,329
Households2,4702.28 residents per household
Density3,086/ km²about 1.82 km² · North Hertfordshire 355
Aged 65+17.7%North Hertfordshire: 19.4% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 312
5–96.0% · 335
10–157.8% · 441
16–194.1% · 233
20–244.9% · 273
25–3413.0% · 732
35–4921.4% · 1,203
50–6419.6% · 1,101
65–748.8% · 494
75–846.3% · 357
85+2.6% · 146

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.4% · 530
1 car or van48.0% · 1,188
2 cars or vans23.5% · 582
3 or more7.0% · 173
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright25.1% · 620
With mortgage26.0% · 641
Shared ownership2.1% · 52
Social rented31.7% · 782
Private rented15.1% · 374

Type of home

Detached house8.4% · 207
Semi-detached house35.8% · 885
Terraced house32.5% · 803
Purpose-built flat17.3% · 428
Converted house3.4% · 85
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile2.1% · 52
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.