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Electoral wardE05011060
Handside ward, Welwyn Hatfield
Handside is one of 16 electoral wards of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,932 residents in 3,098 households — 1,919 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Welwyn Hatfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Handside & Peartree division.
Residents, 20216,932council ward average 7,490
Households3,0982.24 residents per household
Density1,919/ km²about 3.61 km² · Welwyn Hatfield 925
Aged 65+25.2%Welwyn Hatfield: 15.7% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 313
5–95.7% · 394
10–156.8% · 474
16–193.8% · 263
20–244.4% · 303
25–349.9% · 685
35–4919.1% · 1,327
50–6420.5% · 1,424
65–7411.3% · 785
75–849.0% · 625
85+4.9% · 339
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.4% · 695
1 car or van43.1% · 1,335
2 cars or vans26.3% · 814
3 or more8.2% · 254
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Welwyn Hatfield overall: 56.7% owned, 25.3% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright37.6% · 1,165
With mortgage26.7% · 827
Shared ownership0.6% · 18
Social rented22.9% · 711
Private rented12.0% · 371
Lives rent free0.3% · 8
Type of home
Detached house15.6% · 484
Semi-detached house28.6% · 885
Terraced house27.2% · 843
Purpose-built flat24.0% · 744
Converted house0.7% · 21
Other conversion1.3% · 41
Above shop / office2.6% · 79
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011060- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- Handside & Peartree
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 16
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrookmans Park and Little Heath21.9% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned6,899HHaldens18.5% aged 65+ · 54.0% owned6,581HHatfield Central12.0% aged 65+ · 38.3% owned8,317HHatfield East13.6% aged 65+ · 45.9% owned8,107HHatfield South West7.2% aged 65+ · 43.0% owned11,400HHatfield Villages8.3% aged 65+ · 49.1% owned10,626HHollybush11.2% aged 65+ · 47.0% owned7,054HHowlands13.8% aged 65+ · 55.6% owned7,400PPanshanger17.7% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned6,050PPeartree9.6% aged 65+ · 34.9% owned7,956SSherrards19.0% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned5,971WWelham Green and Hatfield South17.2% aged 65+ · 53.1% owned7,659WWelwyn East21.5% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned6,641WWelwyn West24.3% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned6,158
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.