Electoral wardE05015846
Hardwicke ward, Stroud
Hardwicke is one of 27 electoral wards of Stroud District Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,413 residents in 3,020 households — 228 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Cotswolds constituency; for county elections it is in the Hardwicke & Severn and Haresfield & Upton St Leonards divisions.
Residents, 20217,413council ward average 4,482
Households3,0202.45 residents per household
Density228/ km²about 32.56 km² · Stroud 270
Aged 65+13.2%Stroud: 23.3% · under 16: 21.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 505
5–97.3% · 540
10–157.5% · 558
16–194.2% · 313
20–245.3% · 391
25–3416.1% · 1,191
35–4920.8% · 1,543
50–6418.9% · 1,400
65–748.2% · 608
75–843.8% · 282
85+1.2% · 88
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.8% · 236
1 car or van36.6% · 1,106
2 cars or vans40.3% · 1,218
3 or more15.2% · 459
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Stroud overall: 72.6% owned, 12.3% social rented, 13.7% private rented.
Owned outright29.0% · 878
With mortgage42.9% · 1,299
Shared ownership2.9% · 89
Social rented8.5% · 257
Private rented16.5% · 499
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house39.0% · 1,177
Semi-detached house26.6% · 803
Terraced house25.8% · 778
Purpose-built flat6.9% · 209
Converted house1.0% · 29
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 14
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015846- Council
- Stroud District Council
- County council
- Gloucestershire County Council
- County division
- Hardwicke & Severn, Haresfield & Upton St Leonards
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Brookthorpe-with-WhaddonElmoreHardwickeHarescombeHaresfieldHunts GroveLongney and EpneyMoreton ValenceStandish
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.