Electoral wardE05011057
Woodside ward, Watford
Woodside is one of 12 electoral wards of Watford Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,972 residents in 3,145 households — 4,694 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Watford constituency; for county elections it is in the North Watford and Woodside Stanborough divisions.
Residents, 20217,972council ward average 8,520
Households3,1452.53 residents per household
Density4,694/ km²about 1.70 km² · Watford 4,773
Aged 65+14.4%Watford: 12.6% · under 16: 21.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 530
5–96.8% · 544
10–158.3% · 664
16–194.3% · 342
20–245.3% · 425
25–3413.6% · 1,080
35–4922.2% · 1,769
50–6418.4% · 1,470
65–747.4% · 587
75–844.8% · 382
85+2.2% · 177
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.4% · 515
1 car or van43.1% · 1,357
2 cars or vans30.3% · 954
3 or more10.1% · 319
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Watford overall: 55.1% owned, 15.6% social rented, 28.2% private rented.
Owned outright24.3% · 764
With mortgage33.6% · 1,058
Shared ownership1.1% · 34
Social rented24.6% · 774
Private rented16.3% · 512
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house6.8% · 214
Semi-detached house34.1% · 1,071
Terraced house26.9% · 844
Purpose-built flat30.0% · 943
Converted house1.8% · 57
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011057- Council
- Watford Borough Council
- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- North Watford, Woodside Stanborough
- Constituency
- Watford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 8 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% owned7,114VVicarage7.6% aged 65+ · 48.8% owned9,160
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.