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Electoral wardE05015775

Royston Heath ward, North Hertfordshire

Royston Heath is one of 25 electoral wards of North Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,376 residents in 1,990 households — 1,513 people per km², the 17th 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, 20214,376council ward average 5,329
Households1,9902.2 residents per household
Density1,513/ km²about 2.89 km² · North Hertfordshire 355
Aged 65+19.9%North Hertfordshire: 19.4% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.3% · 321
5–96.0% · 264
10–156.3% · 276
16–192.6% · 112
20–244.2% · 184
25–3416.6% · 728
35–4921.3% · 934
50–6415.8% · 691
65–7410.1% · 444
75–846.6% · 291
85+3.1% · 136

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.4% · 326
1 car or van47.9% · 953
2 cars or vans27.5% · 548
3 or more8.2% · 164
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.0% · 717
With mortgage31.6% · 630
Shared ownership1.0% · 20
Social rented12.3% · 245
Private rented19.0% · 379

Type of home

Detached house25.6% · 508
Semi-detached house20.4% · 405
Terraced house24.9% · 495
Purpose-built flat26.5% · 527
Converted house0.9% · 17
Other conversion1.5% · 29
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015775
County division
Royston East & Ermine, Royston West & Rural
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
12 of 25

Parishes in the ward

Royston

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 South West25.7% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned8,479LLetchworth Wilbury17.7% aged 65+ · 51.1% owned5,632RRoyston 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.