Boreham and The Leighs ward, Chelmsford

Boreham and The Leighs is one of 24 electoral wards of Chelmsford City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,941 residents in 2,753 households — 215 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North West Essex constituency; for county elections it is in the Broomfield and Writtle and Chelmer divisions.

Residents, 20216,941council ward average 7,563

Households2,7532.52 residents per household

Density215/ km²about 32.30 km² · Chelmsford 536

Aged 65+17.1%Chelmsford: 19.4% · under 16: 21.0%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 410

5–96.4% · 443

10–158.7% · 604

16–195.2% · 362

20–244.8% · 332

25–3413.7% · 953

35–4919.2% · 1,331

50–6419.1% · 1,324

65–749.7% · 671

75–845.6% · 390

85+1.8% · 123

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.8% · 243

1 car or van36.4% · 1,001

2 cars or vans38.7% · 1,066

3 or more16.1% · 443

Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Chelmsford overall: 70.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 15.6% private rented.

Owned outright34.0% · 936

With mortgage37.6% · 1,034

Shared ownership1.3% · 36

Social rented14.9% · 409

Private rented12.2% · 335

Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house36.7% · 1,009

Semi-detached house33.8% · 930

Terraced house17.7% · 487

Purpose-built flat11.3% · 310

Converted house0.3% · 7

Other conversion0.1% · 2

Above shop / office0.2% · 5

Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05004097
Council: Chelmsford City Council
County council: Essex County Council
County division: Broomfield and Writtle, Chelmer
Constituency: North West Essex
Region: East of England
Density rank in council: 21 of 24

Parishes in the ward

BorehamChelmsford GardenGreat and Little Leighs

Council offices in this ward

PBoreham Parish CouncilParish council · CM3 3JD

Other wards in the same constituency

BBroomfield and The Walthams18.4% aged 65+ · 69.2% owned11,039 CChelmsford Rural West22.3% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned3,200 WWrittle27.5% aged 65+ · 72.6% owned5,328

All 24 wards of Chelmsford

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.