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Electoral wardE05013951

Cunningham ward, St Albans

Cunningham is one of 20 electoral wards of St Albans City and District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,020 residents in 3,274 households — 3,385 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Albans constituency; for county elections it is in the St. Albans East division.

Residents, 20218,020council ward average 7,388
Households3,2742.45 residents per household
Density3,385/ km²about 2.37 km² · St Albans 917
Aged 65+15.9%St Albans: 17.2% · under 16: 21.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.2% · 497
5–97.0% · 558
10–158.4% · 673
16–194.0% · 320
20–244.0% · 320
25–3413.5% · 1,083
35–4923.8% · 1,906
50–6417.3% · 1,385
65–747.5% · 605
75–845.2% · 416
85+3.2% · 253

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.3% · 632
1 car or van47.3% · 1,550
2 cars or vans25.6% · 838
3 or more7.8% · 254
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; St Albans overall: 70.9% owned, 12.2% social rented, 16.3% private rented.

Owned outright29.2% · 957
With mortgage29.4% · 964
Shared ownership0.5% · 17
Social rented23.0% · 752
Private rented17.7% · 579
Lives rent free0.2% · 5

Type of home

Detached house15.0% · 491
Semi-detached house28.7% · 939
Terraced house22.3% · 731
Purpose-built flat30.1% · 984
Converted house2.4% · 78
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.3% · 11
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 32
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.