Electoral wardE05013948
Bernards Heath ward, St Albans
Bernards Heath is one of 20 electoral wards of St Albans City and District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,152 residents in 3,297 households — 3,374 people per km², the 7th 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, 20218,152council ward average 7,388
Households3,2972.47 residents per household
Density3,374/ km²about 2.42 km² · St Albans 917
Aged 65+12.5%St Albans: 17.2% · under 16: 22.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.2% · 583
5–96.9% · 562
10–158.2% · 665
16–194.4% · 361
20–244.2% · 344
25–3414.6% · 1,192
35–4924.4% · 1,992
50–6417.6% · 1,435
65–746.8% · 553
75–844.0% · 323
85+1.7% · 141
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.2% · 501
1 car or van51.9% · 1,711
2 cars or vans25.8% · 852
3 or more7.1% · 233
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; St Albans overall: 70.9% owned, 12.2% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright26.8% · 884
With mortgage35.8% · 1,180
Shared ownership0.6% · 21
Social rented11.2% · 370
Private rented25.5% · 842
Type of home
Detached house19.7% · 650
Semi-detached house22.1% · 730
Terraced house20.9% · 688
Purpose-built flat29.5% · 973
Converted house3.4% · 112
Other conversion3.3% · 110
Above shop / office1.1% · 35
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013948- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- St. Albans North, St. Albans Central
- Constituency
- St Albans
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
BBatchwood13.7% aged 65+ · 61.9% owned7,744CClarence13.1% 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.