Electoral wardE05013966
Verulam ward, St Albans
Verulam is one of 20 electoral wards of St Albans City and District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,538 residents in 3,098 households — 410 people per km², the 16th 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 Harpenden Rural divisions.
Residents, 20217,538council ward average 7,388
Households3,0982.43 residents per household
Density410/ km²about 18.39 km² · St Albans 917
Aged 65+24.2%St Albans: 17.2% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 385
5–96.3% · 477
10–157.7% · 580
16–193.6% · 275
20–243.3% · 251
25–348.4% · 636
35–4920.8% · 1,568
50–6420.4% · 1,540
65–7411.2% · 843
75–848.4% · 633
85+4.6% · 350
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.8% · 334
1 car or van47.2% · 1,461
2 cars or vans32.8% · 1,016
3 or more9.3% · 287
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; St Albans overall: 70.9% owned, 12.2% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright45.7% · 1,415
With mortgage34.8% · 1,078
Shared ownership0.6% · 20
Social rented3.3% · 102
Private rented15.6% · 483
Type of home
Detached house41.7% · 1,290
Semi-detached house18.8% · 582
Terraced house25.3% · 785
Purpose-built flat9.5% · 295
Converted house1.5% · 47
Other conversion1.5% · 47
Above shop / office1.6% · 49
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013966- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- St. Albans South, Harpenden Rural
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted, St Albans
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 20
Parishes in the ward
St Michael
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.