Electoral wardE05013952
Harpenden East ward, St Albans
Harpenden East is one of 20 electoral wards of St Albans City and District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,878 residents in 2,937 households — 2,923 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency; for county elections it is in the Harpenden North East division.
Residents, 20217,878council ward average 7,388
Households2,9372.68 residents per household
Density2,923/ km²about 2.70 km² · St Albans 917
Aged 65+14.6%St Albans: 17.2% · under 16: 25.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 435
5–97.9% · 621
10–1512.0% · 945
16–195.2% · 408
20–243.4% · 265
25–347.9% · 623
35–4923.6% · 1,857
50–6420.0% · 1,578
65–747.2% · 571
75–844.7% · 367
85+2.7% · 209
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.4% · 334
1 car or van45.6% · 1,339
2 cars or vans33.6% · 986
3 or more9.5% · 278
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; St Albans overall: 70.9% owned, 12.2% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright32.4% · 950
With mortgage39.3% · 1,153
Shared ownership0.5% · 14
Social rented15.4% · 452
Private rented12.3% · 361
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house28.2% · 829
Semi-detached house33.6% · 987
Terraced house18.3% · 536
Purpose-built flat18.0% · 528
Converted house1.3% · 37
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013952- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Harpenden North East
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 20
Parishes in the ward
Harpenden Town
Other wards in the same constituency
HHarpenden North & Rural15.8% aged 65+ · 81.0% owned8,186HHarpenden South20.4% aged 65+ · 86.4% owned7,256HHarpenden West20.0% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned8,100MMarshalswick East & Jersey Farm18.3% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned8,552MMarshalswick West18.4% aged 65+ · 78.7% owned3,511RRedbourn24.5% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned5,703SSandridge & Wheathampstead21.9% aged 65+ · 72.6% owned7,971SSt 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.