Electoral wardE05015636
Woodfield ward, Stevenage
Woodfield is one of 13 electoral wards of Stevenage Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,959 residents in 2,254 households — 1,772 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stevenage constituency; for county elections it is in the Old Stevenage and St. Nicholas divisions.
Residents, 20215,959council ward average 6,884
Households2,2542.64 residents per household
Density1,772/ km²about 3.36 km² · Stevenage 3,446
Aged 65+16.3%Stevenage: 15.1% · under 16: 19.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 329
5–95.8% · 346
10–157.9% · 468
16–194.1% · 245
20–244.6% · 276
25–3415.3% · 911
35–4920.8% · 1,240
50–6419.6% · 1,169
65–749.0% · 536
75–845.0% · 297
85+2.3% · 136
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.7% · 309
1 car or van38.1% · 858
2 cars or vans37.1% · 836
3 or more11.0% · 248
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Stevenage overall: 57.0% owned, 26.3% social rented, 15.0% private rented.
Owned outright29.8% · 674
With mortgage33.8% · 764
Shared ownership0.3% · 6
Social rented19.6% · 443
Private rented16.4% · 370
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house35.0% · 789
Semi-detached house19.6% · 441
Terraced house29.6% · 668
Purpose-built flat14.1% · 318
Converted house1.2% · 26
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.3% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015636- Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Old Stevenage, St. Nicholas
- Constituency
- Stevenage
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 13 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% owned6,474SSt Nicholas12.3% aged 65+ · 57.5% owned6,623SSymonds Green18.7% aged 65+ · 51.6% owned6,078
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.