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Rickmansworth Town ward, Three Rivers

Rickmansworth Town is one of 13 electoral wards of Three Rivers District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,657 residents in 3,399 households — 1,179 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South West Hertfordshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Croxley and Rickmansworth East & Oxhey Park and Rickmansworth West divisions.

Residents, 20217,657council ward average 7,213
Households3,3992.25 residents per household
Density1,179/ km²about 6.49 km² · Three Rivers 1,056
Aged 65+21.3%Three Rivers: 18.1% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 351
5–95.1% · 392
10–156.6% · 508
16–194.4% · 335
20–243.8% · 290
25–3413.1% · 1,003
35–4920.3% · 1,557
50–6420.8% · 1,590
65–7410.4% · 794
75–847.4% · 568
85+3.5% · 268

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.3% · 554
1 car or van44.8% · 1,521
2 cars or vans28.8% · 980
3 or more10.1% · 343
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Three Rivers overall: 70.9% owned, 14.8% social rented, 13.4% private rented.

Owned outright36.6% · 1,244
With mortgage30.7% · 1,043
Shared ownership0.4% · 13
Social rented9.0% · 306
Private rented23.2% · 789
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house28.4% · 966
Semi-detached house18.7% · 634
Terraced house10.3% · 350
Purpose-built flat35.6% · 1,211
Converted house1.5% · 50
Other conversion1.8% · 60
Above shop / office1.9% · 63
Caravan, mobile1.9% · 64
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.