Electoral wardE05011047
Central ward, Watford
Central is one of 12 electoral wards of Watford Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,472 residents in 4,749 households — 6,363 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Watford constituency; for county elections it is in the Central Watford & Oxhey division.
Residents, 202110,472council ward average 8,520
Households4,7492.21 residents per household
Density6,363/ km²about 1.65 km² · Watford 4,773
Aged 65+7.0%Watford: 12.6% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.1% · 742
5–95.8% · 606
10–155.1% · 531
16–192.5% · 264
20–246.1% · 642
25–3425.3% · 2,650
35–4928.0% · 2,932
50–6413.1% · 1,367
65–743.7% · 392
75–842.3% · 238
85+1.0% · 108
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van43.4% · 2,063
1 car or van43.3% · 2,055
2 cars or vans11.8% · 560
3 or more1.5% · 71
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Watford overall: 55.1% owned, 15.6% social rented, 28.2% private rented.
Owned outright14.4% · 684
With mortgage17.9% · 851
Shared ownership2.0% · 95
Social rented10.7% · 509
Private rented54.9% · 2,608
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house2.9% · 140
Semi-detached house8.5% · 405
Terraced house23.5% · 1,117
Purpose-built flat46.2% · 2,192
Converted house13.8% · 656
Other conversion1.7% · 81
Above shop / office3.3% · 156
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011047- Council
- Watford Borough Council
- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Central Watford & Oxhey
- Constituency
- Watford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 12
Other wards in the same constituency
CCallowland7.4% aged 65+ · 50.3% owned8,704HHolywell10.0% aged 65+ · 37.6% owned9,886LLeggatts11.4% aged 65+ · 59.4% owned8,396MMeriden15.0% aged 65+ · 54.9% owned8,070NNascot17.3% aged 65+ · 61.5% owned9,072OOxhey16.3% aged 65+ · 66.4% owned7,179PPark16.5% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned8,638SStanborough15.7% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned7,583TTudor16.3% aged 65+ · 66.7% owned7,114VVicarage7.6% aged 65+ · 48.8% owned9,160WWoodside14.4% aged 65+ · 57.9% owned7,972
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.