Electoral wardE05015631
Old Town ward, Stevenage
Old Town is one of 13 electoral wards of Stevenage Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,499 residents in 1,928 households — 3,510 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stevenage constituency; for county elections it is in the Broadwater and Old Stevenage divisions.
Residents, 20214,499council ward average 6,884
Households1,9282.33 residents per household
Density3,510/ km²about 1.28 km² · Stevenage 3,446
Aged 65+17.3%Stevenage: 15.1% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 264
5–95.6% · 251
10–156.0% · 270
16–193.6% · 160
20–245.5% · 249
25–3416.2% · 731
35–4921.7% · 976
50–6418.2% · 819
65–748.6% · 389
75–846.5% · 294
85+2.2% · 97
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.9% · 325
1 car or van48.2% · 928
2 cars or vans26.1% · 503
3 or more8.8% · 170
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Stevenage overall: 57.0% owned, 26.3% social rented, 15.0% private rented.
Owned outright30.6% · 589
With mortgage31.4% · 605
Shared ownership4.0% · 78
Social rented14.4% · 278
Private rented19.6% · 377
Type of home
Detached house19.2% · 371
Semi-detached house32.3% · 622
Terraced house17.7% · 341
Purpose-built flat27.4% · 528
Converted house2.1% · 40
Other conversion0.6% · 11
Above shop / office0.8% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015631- Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Broadwater, Old Stevenage
- Constituency
- Stevenage
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 13
Council offices in this ward
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% owned7,539MMartins Wood16.7% aged 65+ · 56.8% owned6,522RRoebuck15.3% 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.