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Electoral wardE05015777

Royston Palace ward, North Hertfordshire

Royston Palace is one of 25 electoral wards of North Hertfordshire District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,812 residents in 2,530 households — 4,750 people per km², the 11th 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 division.

Residents, 20215,812council ward average 5,329
Households2,5302.3 residents per household
Density4,750/ km²about 1.22 km² · North Hertfordshire 355
Aged 65+16.1%North Hertfordshire: 19.4% · under 16: 19.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.8% · 398
5–96.2% · 359
10–156.1% · 356
16–193.2% · 185
20–245.2% · 302
25–3415.8% · 920
35–4922.0% · 1,278
50–6418.5% · 1,077
65–748.9% · 518
75–844.7% · 276
85+2.5% · 143

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.4% · 491
1 car or van42.1% · 1,065
2 cars or vans28.9% · 730
3 or more9.6% · 242
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright28.6% · 725
With mortgage32.0% · 810
Shared ownership1.5% · 37
Social rented17.7% · 448
Private rented20.2% · 510
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house19.6% · 496
Semi-detached house25.5% · 645
Terraced house27.6% · 699
Purpose-built flat22.5% · 569
Converted house1.2% · 31
Other conversion1.8% · 45
Above shop / office1.7% · 44
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015777
County division
Royston East & Ermine
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
1 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 Heath19.9% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned4,376RRoyston Meridian22.4% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned7,254WWeston & 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.