Electoral wardE05015635
Symonds Green ward, Stevenage
Symonds Green is one of 13 electoral wards of Stevenage Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,078 residents in 2,672 households — 1,906 people per km², the 10th 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, 20216,078council ward average 6,884
Households2,6722.27 residents per household
Density1,906/ km²about 3.19 km² · Stevenage 3,446
Aged 65+18.7%Stevenage: 15.1% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 376
5–95.9% · 361
10–156.5% · 395
16–193.6% · 216
20–245.3% · 321
25–3415.5% · 942
35–4920.1% · 1,221
50–6418.2% · 1,107
65–7411.1% · 675
75–845.4% · 328
85+2.2% · 135
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.5% · 574
1 car or van43.9% · 1,173
2 cars or vans26.2% · 700
3 or more8.5% · 228
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Stevenage overall: 57.0% owned, 26.3% social rented, 15.0% private rented.
Owned outright25.2% · 672
With mortgage26.4% · 705
Shared ownership0.3% · 8
Social rented28.3% · 755
Private rented19.8% · 529
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house10.0% · 268
Semi-detached house20.4% · 547
Terraced house40.0% · 1,071
Purpose-built flat28.4% · 759
Converted house0.6% · 16
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015635- Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Broadwater, Old Stevenage
- Constituency
- Stevenage
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 13
Council offices in this ward
CHertfordshire County CouncilCouncil office · SG1 2STCHertfordshire County Council Adult Care ServicesCouncil office · SG1 2STCStevenage Borough CouncilCouncil office · SG1 2ET
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% owned6,474SSt Nicholas12.3% aged 65+ · 57.5% owned6,623WWoodfield16.3% 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.