Electoral wardE05013947
Batchwood ward, St Albans
Batchwood is one of 20 electoral wards of St Albans City and District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,744 residents in 2,955 households — 3,633 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Albans constituency; for county elections it is in the St. Albans North and St. Albans Central divisions.
Residents, 20217,744council ward average 7,388
Households2,9552.62 residents per household
Density3,633/ km²about 2.13 km² · St Albans 917
Aged 65+13.7%St Albans: 17.2% · under 16: 23.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 481
5–97.7% · 600
10–159.8% · 760
16–195.0% · 385
20–244.1% · 318
25–3410.7% · 827
35–4923.9% · 1,849
50–6418.9% · 1,461
65–747.5% · 582
75–844.2% · 329
85+2.0% · 151
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.2% · 479
1 car or van45.4% · 1,341
2 cars or vans30.5% · 901
3 or more7.9% · 234
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; St Albans overall: 70.9% owned, 12.2% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright26.9% · 794
With mortgage35.1% · 1,036
Shared ownership0.5% · 14
Social rented27.5% · 812
Private rented10.0% · 294
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house11.0% · 326
Semi-detached house43.9% · 1,296
Terraced house29.8% · 882
Purpose-built flat11.9% · 353
Converted house2.4% · 71
Other conversion0.6% · 19
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013947- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- St. Albans North, St. Albans Central
- Constituency
- St Albans
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
BBernards Heath12.5% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned8,152CClarence13.1% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned8,181CColney Heath20.8% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned2,766CCunningham15.9% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned8,020HHill End12.3% aged 65+ · 76.8% owned7,588LLondon Colney16.5% aged 65+ · 66.9% owned8,068MMarshalswick East & Jersey Farm18.3% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned8,552MMarshalswick West18.4% aged 65+ · 78.7% owned3,511PPark Street19.4% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned8,169SSopwell13.2% aged 65+ · 56.7% owned7,710SSt Peters9.5% aged 65+ · 48.0% owned8,442SSt Stephen24.7% aged 65+ · 83.5% owned8,220VVerulam24.2% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned7,538
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.