Electoral wardE05013962
Sandridge & Wheathampstead ward, St Albans
Sandridge & Wheathampstead is one of 20 electoral wards of St Albans City and District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,971 residents in 3,199 households — 213 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency; for county elections it is in the Harpenden Rural division.
Residents, 20217,971council ward average 7,388
Households3,1992.49 residents per household
Density213/ km²about 37.42 km² · St Albans 917
Aged 65+21.9%St Albans: 17.2% · under 16: 21.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 456
5–97.1% · 565
10–158.8% · 701
16–194.0% · 315
20–244.1% · 324
25–348.0% · 637
35–4919.9% · 1,587
50–6420.6% · 1,644
65–7410.4% · 832
75–847.6% · 602
85+3.9% · 309
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.7% · 278
1 car or van37.7% · 1,207
2 cars or vans39.2% · 1,254
3 or more14.4% · 462
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; St Albans overall: 70.9% owned, 12.2% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright39.4% · 1,259
With mortgage33.2% · 1,063
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented17.2% · 550
Private rented10.0% · 319
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house32.2% · 1,030
Semi-detached house33.9% · 1,085
Terraced house16.2% · 520
Purpose-built flat14.6% · 468
Converted house1.3% · 42
Other conversion1.0% · 32
Above shop / office0.7% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013962- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Harpenden Rural
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 20
Parishes in the ward
SandridgeWheathampstead
Other wards in the same constituency
HHarpenden 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% owned8,100MMarshalswick East & Jersey Farm18.3% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned8,552MMarshalswick West18.4% aged 65+ · 78.7% owned3,511RRedbourn24.5% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned5,703SSt 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.