Electoral wardE05011050
Meriden ward, Watford
Meriden is one of 12 electoral wards of Watford Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,070 residents in 3,128 households — 4,151 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Watford constituency; for county elections it is in the Meriden Tudor division.
Residents, 20218,070council ward average 8,520
Households3,1282.58 residents per household
Density4,151/ km²about 1.94 km² · Watford 4,773
Aged 65+15.0%Watford: 12.6% · under 16: 22.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 495
5–98.0% · 643
10–158.4% · 678
16–194.7% · 377
20–244.8% · 388
25–3413.0% · 1,049
35–4922.7% · 1,831
50–6417.3% · 1,399
65–747.7% · 623
75–844.6% · 373
85+2.7% · 216
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.6% · 614
1 car or van41.9% · 1,312
2 cars or vans28.6% · 896
3 or more9.8% · 306
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Watford overall: 55.1% owned, 15.6% social rented, 28.2% private rented.
Owned outright24.5% · 766
With mortgage30.4% · 953
Shared ownership0.9% · 28
Social rented30.9% · 967
Private rented13.2% · 414
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house3.2% · 99
Semi-detached house37.7% · 1,178
Terraced house23.6% · 737
Purpose-built flat32.5% · 1,016
Converted house2.4% · 74
Other conversion0.3% · 8
Above shop / office0.4% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011050- Council
- Watford Borough Council
- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Meriden Tudor
- Constituency
- Watford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 12
Other wards in the same constituency
CCallowland7.4% aged 65+ · 50.3% owned8,704CCentral7.0% aged 65+ · 32.3% owned10,472HHolywell10.0% aged 65+ · 37.6% owned9,886LLeggatts11.4% aged 65+ · 59.4% owned8,396NNascot17.3% 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.