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Electoral wardE05013957

London Colney ward, St Albans

London Colney is one of 20 electoral wards of St Albans City and District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,068 residents in 3,261 households — 2,401 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Albans constituency; for county elections it is in the London Colney division.

Residents, 20218,068council ward average 7,388
Households3,2612.47 residents per household
Density2,401/ km²about 3.36 km² · St Albans 917
Aged 65+16.5%St Albans: 17.2% · under 16: 19.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 473
5–96.0% · 486
10–157.3% · 590
16–194.3% · 345
20–245.0% · 405
25–3413.3% · 1,070
35–4921.2% · 1,708
50–6420.6% · 1,662
65–749.5% · 768
75–845.1% · 415
85+1.8% · 146

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.2% · 429
1 car or van43.3% · 1,413
2 cars or vans32.4% · 1,056
3 or more11.2% · 364
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright31.6% · 1,030
With mortgage35.3% · 1,150
Shared ownership0.5% · 15
Social rented15.2% · 497
Private rented17.4% · 566
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house10.6% · 347
Semi-detached house32.1% · 1,046
Terraced house30.1% · 982
Purpose-built flat23.9% · 779
Converted house1.6% · 52
Other conversion0.7% · 24
Above shop / office0.6% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 11
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.