Electoral wardE05015630
Martins Wood ward, Stevenage
Martins Wood is one of 13 electoral wards of Stevenage Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,522 residents in 2,748 households — 6,054 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stevenage constituency; for county elections it is in the Bedwell and Chells and St. Nicholas divisions.
Residents, 20216,522council ward average 6,884
Households2,7482.37 residents per household
Density6,054/ km²about 1.08 km² · Stevenage 3,446
Aged 65+16.7%Stevenage: 15.1% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 382
5–96.0% · 392
10–157.1% · 466
16–194.2% · 272
20–245.3% · 345
25–3413.5% · 878
35–4920.3% · 1,326
50–6421.0% · 1,369
65–748.0% · 524
75–845.9% · 387
85+2.8% · 180
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.9% · 576
1 car or van43.0% · 1,184
2 cars or vans27.8% · 764
3 or more8.3% · 227
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Stevenage overall: 57.0% owned, 26.3% social rented, 15.0% private rented.
Owned outright26.4% · 725
With mortgage30.4% · 835
Shared ownership0.9% · 24
Social rented25.2% · 693
Private rented17.1% · 470
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house3.9% · 107
Semi-detached house10.0% · 275
Terraced house56.5% · 1,553
Purpose-built flat27.0% · 743
Converted house2.0% · 55
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.5% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015630- Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Bedwell, Chells, St. Nicholas
- Constituency
- Stevenage
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 2 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% owned8,055CChells14.8% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned8,576LLongmeadow17.3% aged 65+ · 66.9% owned6,019MManor13.2% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned7,539OOld 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.