Electoral wardE05015802
Marshalswick West ward, St Albans
Marshalswick West is one of 20 electoral wards of St Albans City and District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,511 residents in 1,343 households — 3,516 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harpenden and Berkhamsted and St Albans constituencies; for county elections it is in the St. Albans North and Colney Heath & Marshalswick and Harpenden Rural divisions.
Residents, 20213,511council ward average 7,388
Households1,3432.61 residents per household
Density3,516/ km²about 1.00 km² · St Albans 917
Aged 65+18.4%St Albans: 17.2% · under 16: 21.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 148
5–97.1% · 249
10–1510.5% · 370
16–195.5% · 193
20–243.9% · 136
25–346.6% · 233
35–4920.7% · 726
50–6423.0% · 808
65–7410.1% · 356
75–845.8% · 203
85+2.5% · 88
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.5% · 128
1 car or van37.7% · 507
2 cars or vans38.5% · 518
3 or more14.2% · 191
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; St Albans overall: 70.9% owned, 12.2% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright39.1% · 525
With mortgage39.6% · 532
Shared ownership0.2% · 3
Social rented11.2% · 150
Private rented9.8% · 132
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house37.1% · 498
Semi-detached house32.8% · 441
Terraced house14.9% · 200
Purpose-built flat14.2% · 191
Converted house0.9% · 12
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015802- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- St. Albans North, Colney Heath & Marshalswick, Harpenden Rural
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted, St Albans
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 20
Parishes in the ward
Sandridge
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% owned8,181CColney Heath20.8% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned2,766CCunningham15.9% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned8,020HHarpenden East14.6% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned7,878HHarpenden North & Rural15.8% aged 65+ · 81.0% owned8,186HHarpenden South20.4% aged 65+ · 86.4% owned7,256HHarpenden West20.0% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned8,100HHill End12.3% aged 65+ · 76.8% owned7,588LLondon Colney16.5% aged 65+ · 66.9% owned8,068MMarshalswick East & Jersey Farm18.3% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned8,552PPark Street19.4% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned8,169RRedbourn24.5% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned5,703
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.