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Electoral wardE05013964

St Peters ward, St Albans

St Peters is one of 20 electoral wards of St Albans City and District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,442 residents in 4,094 households — 7,276 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Albans constituency; for county elections it is in the St. Albans Central division.

Residents, 20218,442council ward average 7,388
Households4,0942.06 residents per household
Density7,276/ km²about 1.16 km² · St Albans 917
Aged 65+9.5%St Albans: 17.2% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.1% · 600
5–95.5% · 462
10–154.4% · 374
16–192.1% · 177
20–244.4% · 369
25–3426.6% · 2,243
35–4925.8% · 2,178
50–6414.7% · 1,238
65–745.0% · 425
75–842.8% · 233
85+1.7% · 146

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.0% · 1,105
1 car or van56.2% · 2,300
2 cars or vans14.4% · 590
3 or more2.4% · 99
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright18.5% · 758
With mortgage29.5% · 1,209
Shared ownership0.4% · 17
Social rented13.0% · 532
Private rented38.4% · 1,574
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house4.6% · 187
Semi-detached house14.0% · 573
Terraced house24.9% · 1,018
Purpose-built flat42.6% · 1,745
Converted house7.3% · 297
Other conversion3.5% · 142
Above shop / office3.1% · 128
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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.