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Watford Borough Council

Local authority area: Watford

Watford is a district council in Hertfordshire, in the East of England region of England. It covers 21.4 km² and had 103,031 residents in 2022 — about 4,808 people per km². The authority dates from 1894. The council is based in Watford.

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Town hall in the administrative centreWatford Town Hall

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Watford, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022103,031+12.4% since 2012

Land area21.4km²8.3 sq mi

Density4,808/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#303of 382 UK councils · #256 in England

Population estimates4 data points

91.7K96.4K96.8K103K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1894
Created
Watford became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Hertfordshire

All councils in East of England

Dacorum156,123 East Hertfordshire151,635 St Albans148,358 North Hertfordshire134,159 Welwyn Hatfield120,213 Hertsmere108,106 Broxbourne99,103 Three Rivers94,123 Stevenage89,737

Elections

12 electoral wards

Census 2021: 102,246 residents in 39,628 households across the wards; 12.6% aged 65+, 55.1% of homes owned, 22.4% of households without a car.

1Central4,749 households · 7.0% aged 65+10,472 2Holywell3,705 households · 10.0% aged 65+9,886 3Vicarage3,162 households · 7.6% aged 65+9,160 4Nascot3,592 households · 17.3% aged 65+9,072 5Callowland3,413 households · 7.4% aged 65+8,704 6Park3,084 households · 16.5% aged 65+8,638

All wards of Watford

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CWatford Borough CouncilCouncil office · Watford WD17 3EX · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Watford · 12 wards

Source: Wikidata Q21886164 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.