Electoral wardE05015634
St Nicholas ward, Stevenage
St Nicholas is one of 13 electoral wards of Stevenage Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,623 residents in 2,448 households — 8,031 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stevenage constituency; for county elections it is in the St. Nicholas division.
Residents, 20216,623council ward average 6,884
Households2,4482.71 residents per household
Density8,031/ km²about 0.82 km² · Stevenage 3,446
Aged 65+12.3%Stevenage: 15.1% · under 16: 23.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 457
5–97.2% · 479
10–159.0% · 595
16–195.0% · 334
20–246.4% · 421
25–3414.5% · 959
35–4920.6% · 1,364
50–6418.1% · 1,199
65–747.4% · 489
75–843.8% · 250
85+1.1% · 74
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.8% · 461
1 car or van41.3% · 1,010
2 cars or vans30.2% · 738
3 or more9.7% · 237
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Stevenage overall: 57.0% owned, 26.3% social rented, 15.0% private rented.
Owned outright23.7% · 580
With mortgage33.8% · 826
Shared ownership0.7% · 16
Social rented26.3% · 644
Private rented15.5% · 380
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house2.7% · 66
Semi-detached house9.4% · 230
Terraced house71.1% · 1,742
Purpose-built flat14.3% · 351
Converted house2.0% · 49
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015634- Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- St. Nicholas
- Constituency
- Stevenage
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 1 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% owned7,131SShephall12.9% aged 65+ · 54.4% owned6,474SSymonds 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.