Electoral wardE05011056
Vicarage ward, Watford
Vicarage is one of 12 electoral wards of Watford Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,160 residents in 3,162 households — 11,055 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Watford constituency; for county elections it is in the West Watford division.
Residents, 20219,160council ward average 8,520
Households3,1622.9 residents per household
Density11,055/ km²about 0.83 km² · Watford 4,773
Aged 65+7.6%Watford: 12.6% · under 16: 22.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 619
5–96.9% · 632
10–158.4% · 773
16–194.6% · 425
20–245.6% · 511
25–3419.3% · 1,769
35–4925.8% · 2,358
50–6415.0% · 1,375
65–744.5% · 412
75–842.3% · 211
85+0.8% · 71
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.4% · 961
1 car or van46.0% · 1,455
2 cars or vans19.6% · 621
3 or more3.9% · 124
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Watford overall: 55.1% owned, 15.6% social rented, 28.2% private rented.
Owned outright20.5% · 647
With mortgage28.4% · 897
Shared ownership0.4% · 13
Social rented6.9% · 217
Private rented43.9% · 1,388
Type of home
Detached house4.9% · 156
Semi-detached house14.5% · 459
Terraced house51.8% · 1,637
Purpose-built flat15.6% · 492
Converted house10.7% · 339
Other conversion0.8% · 24
Above shop / office1.7% · 53
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011056- Council
- Watford Borough Council
- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- West Watford
- Constituency
- Watford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 1 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% owned8,396MMeriden15.0% 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% owned7,114WWoodside14.4% 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.