Electoral wardE05015627
Chells ward, Stevenage
Chells is one of 13 electoral wards of Stevenage Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,576 residents in 3,391 households — 5,051 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stevenage constituency; for county elections it is in the Chells division.
Residents, 20218,576council ward average 6,884
Households3,3912.53 residents per household
Density5,051/ km²about 1.70 km² · Stevenage 3,446
Aged 65+14.8%Stevenage: 15.1% · under 16: 21.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 554
5–97.2% · 622
10–158.2% · 704
16–194.4% · 380
20–244.8% · 413
25–3413.8% · 1,185
35–4919.9% · 1,709
50–6420.4% · 1,747
65–747.4% · 636
75–845.1% · 441
85+2.2% · 189
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.0% · 612
1 car or van41.8% · 1,417
2 cars or vans30.5% · 1,036
3 or more9.7% · 328
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Stevenage overall: 57.0% owned, 26.3% social rented, 15.0% private rented.
Owned outright27.5% · 931
With mortgage35.8% · 1,213
Shared ownership1.5% · 52
Social rented24.3% · 824
Private rented10.6% · 359
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house7.0% · 238
Semi-detached house14.7% · 500
Terraced house67.3% · 2,285
Purpose-built flat10.0% · 340
Converted house0.3% · 10
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.3% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015627- Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Chells
- Constituency
- Stevenage
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 13
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlmond Hill16.6% aged 65+ · 45.9% owned9,132BBandley Hill & Poplars14.9% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned6,885BBedwell12.2% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned8,055LLongmeadow17.3% aged 65+ · 66.9% owned6,019MManor13.2% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned7,539MMartins Wood16.7% aged 65+ · 56.8% owned6,522OOld Town17.3% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned4,499RRoebuck15.3% aged 65+ · 53.4% owned7,131SShephall12.9% aged 65+ · 54.4% owned6,474SSt Nicholas12.3% aged 65+ · 57.5% owned6,623SSymonds Green18.7% aged 65+ · 51.6% owned6,078WWoodfield16.3% aged 65+ · 63.7% owned5,959
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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.