Electoral wardE05013950
Colney Heath ward, St Albans
Colney 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 2,766 residents in 1,099 households — 313 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Albans constituency; for county elections it is in the Colney Heath & Marshalswick and London Colney divisions.
Residents, 20212,766council ward average 7,388
Households1,0992.52 residents per household
Density313/ km²about 8.84 km² · St Albans 917
Aged 65+20.8%St Albans: 17.2% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 146
5–95.4% · 150
10–158.3% · 229
16–194.4% · 123
20–244.7% · 130
25–3410.0% · 278
35–4919.2% · 531
50–6421.9% · 605
65–7411.1% · 307
75–846.5% · 180
85+3.2% · 89
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.7% · 107
1 car or van38.2% · 420
2 cars or vans34.4% · 378
3 or more17.7% · 194
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; St Albans overall: 70.9% owned, 12.2% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright37.9% · 417
With mortgage32.5% · 357
Shared ownership0.2% · 2
Social rented17.4% · 191
Private rented11.9% · 131
Lives rent free0.2% · 2
Type of home
Detached house23.6% · 259
Semi-detached house42.2% · 464
Terraced house16.7% · 184
Purpose-built flat13.2% · 145
Converted house1.5% · 17
Other conversion1.3% · 14
Caravan, mobile1.5% · 16
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013950- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Colney Heath & Marshalswick, London Colney
- Constituency
- St Albans
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 20
Parishes in the ward
Colney Heath
Other wards in the same constituency
BBatchwood13.7% aged 65+ · 61.9% owned7,744BBernards Heath12.5% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned8,152CClarence13.1% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned8,181CCunningham15.9% 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.