Electoral wardE05011053
Park ward, Watford
Park is one of 12 electoral wards of Watford Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,638 residents in 3,084 households — 1,997 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Watford constituency; for county elections it is in the Nascot Park and West Watford divisions.
Residents, 20218,638council ward average 8,520
Households3,0842.8 residents per household
Density1,997/ km²about 4.33 km² · Watford 4,773
Aged 65+16.5%Watford: 12.6% · under 16: 20.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 432
5–96.2% · 532
10–159.5% · 822
16–195.1% · 441
20–244.9% · 425
25–3410.6% · 918
35–4923.2% · 2,003
50–6419.0% · 1,640
65–748.5% · 738
75–845.6% · 487
85+2.3% · 201
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.8% · 396
1 car or van41.6% · 1,282
2 cars or vans34.9% · 1,077
3 or more10.7% · 329
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Watford overall: 55.1% owned, 15.6% social rented, 28.2% private rented.
Owned outright36.5% · 1,126
With mortgage37.3% · 1,150
Shared ownership1.2% · 36
Social rented5.6% · 173
Private rented19.5% · 601
Type of home
Detached house37.7% · 1,159
Semi-detached house26.8% · 824
Terraced house8.7% · 267
Purpose-built flat24.3% · 747
Converted house1.9% · 57
Other conversion0.5% · 15
Above shop / office0.2% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011053- Council
- Watford Borough Council
- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Nascot Park, West Watford
- Constituency
- Watford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 12
Council offices in this ward
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% owned8,396MMeriden15.0% aged 65+ · 54.9% owned8,070NNascot17.3% aged 65+ · 61.5% owned9,072OOxhey16.3% aged 65+ · 66.4% owned7,179SStanborough15.7% 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.