Electoral wardE05013965
St Stephen ward, St Albans
St Stephen is one of 20 electoral wards of St Albans City and District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,220 residents in 3,303 households — 629 people per km², the 3rd 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 South and St. Stephen's divisions.
Residents, 20218,220council ward average 7,388
Households3,3032.49 residents per household
Density629/ km²about 13.07 km² · St Albans 917
Aged 65+24.7%St Albans: 17.2% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 403
5–95.7% · 466
10–157.1% · 582
16–193.7% · 301
20–244.4% · 361
25–349.2% · 758
35–4918.7% · 1,534
50–6421.7% · 1,781
65–7412.3% · 1,013
75–848.6% · 704
85+3.8% · 313
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.1% · 233
1 car or van36.4% · 1,203
2 cars or vans39.2% · 1,295
3 or more17.3% · 572
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; St Albans overall: 70.9% owned, 12.2% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright46.8% · 1,546
With mortgage36.7% · 1,213
Shared ownership0.6% · 19
Social rented3.8% · 127
Private rented12.0% · 395
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house45.9% · 1,517
Semi-detached house31.9% · 1,053
Terraced house7.4% · 246
Purpose-built flat10.2% · 337
Converted house0.8% · 28
Other conversion0.8% · 26
Above shop / office0.6% · 20
Caravan, mobile2.3% · 77
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013965- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- St. Albans South, St. Stephen's
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted, St Albans
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 20
Parishes in the ward
St Stephen
Council offices in this ward
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% owned8,552MMarshalswick West18.4% aged 65+ · 78.7% owned3,511PPark Street19.4% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned8,169
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.