Electoral wardE05013953
Harpenden North & Rural ward, St Albans
Harpenden North & Rural is one of 20 electoral wards of St Albans City and District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,186 residents in 3,030 households — 655 people per km², the 4th 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 and Harpenden Rural divisions.
Residents, 20218,186council ward average 7,388
Households3,0302.7 residents per household
Density655/ km²about 12.49 km² · St Albans 917
Aged 65+15.8%St Albans: 17.2% · under 16: 25.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 415
5–98.7% · 713
10–1511.4% · 933
16–194.6% · 373
20–243.4% · 279
25–347.0% · 576
35–4923.5% · 1,920
50–6420.5% · 1,680
65–748.2% · 667
75–845.6% · 461
85+2.0% · 167
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.1% · 275
1 car or van39.2% · 1,186
2 cars or vans38.9% · 1,178
3 or more12.9% · 390
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; St Albans overall: 70.9% owned, 12.2% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright37.2% · 1,129
With mortgage43.8% · 1,328
Shared ownership0.3% · 10
Social rented7.0% · 213
Private rented11.6% · 351
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house42.9% · 1,299
Semi-detached house29.8% · 902
Terraced house12.4% · 377
Purpose-built flat12.5% · 380
Converted house1.8% · 56
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.3% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013953- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Harpenden North East, Harpenden Rural
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 20
Parishes in the ward
Harpenden RuralHarpenden Town
Other wards in the same constituency
HHarpenden East14.6% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned7,878HHarpenden 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.