Electoral wardE05015633
Shephall ward, Stevenage
Shephall is one of 13 electoral wards of Stevenage Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,474 residents in 2,494 households — 3,817 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stevenage constituency; for county elections it is in the Shephall division.
Residents, 20216,474council ward average 6,884
Households2,4942.6 residents per household
Density3,817/ km²about 1.70 km² · Stevenage 3,446
Aged 65+12.9%Stevenage: 15.1% · under 16: 22.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 383
5–97.6% · 491
10–159.0% · 582
16–194.6% · 301
20–245.3% · 341
25–3413.6% · 883
35–4921.5% · 1,389
50–6419.6% · 1,266
65–746.5% · 420
75–844.3% · 280
85+2.1% · 138
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.1% · 526
1 car or van41.0% · 1,021
2 cars or vans28.5% · 709
3 or more9.4% · 235
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Stevenage overall: 57.0% owned, 26.3% social rented, 15.0% private rented.
Owned outright22.0% · 549
With mortgage32.3% · 805
Shared ownership0.4% · 11
Social rented34.5% · 859
Private rented10.7% · 267
Type of home
Detached house3.0% · 76
Semi-detached house22.5% · 560
Terraced house64.4% · 1,604
Purpose-built flat8.1% · 203
Converted house1.2% · 30
Above shop / office0.7% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015633- Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Shephall
- Constituency
- Stevenage
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 7 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% owned7,539MMartins Wood16.7% aged 65+ · 56.8% owned6,522OOld Town17.3% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned4,499RRoebuck15.3% aged 65+ · 53.4% owned7,131SSt 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.