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Electoral wardE05004101

Galleywood ward, Chelmsford

Galleywood is one of 24 electoral wards of Chelmsford City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,662 residents in 2,396 households — 632 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Maldon constituency; for county elections it is in the Great Baddow division.

Residents, 20215,662council ward average 7,563
Households2,3962.36 residents per household
Density632/ km²about 8.95 km² · Chelmsford 536
Aged 65+24.5%Chelmsford: 19.4% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 337
5–95.7% · 325
10–157.1% · 402
16–193.3% · 189
20–244.6% · 259
25–3410.4% · 590
35–4917.8% · 1,006
50–6420.6% · 1,165
65–7412.9% · 732
75–848.7% · 491
85+2.9% · 166

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.1% · 409
1 car or van36.6% · 877
2 cars or vans32.7% · 784
3 or more13.6% · 326
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright41.8% · 1,003
With mortgage30.0% · 721
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented19.0% · 456
Private rented8.6% · 207
Lives rent free0.3% · 7

Type of home

Detached house27.0% · 648
Semi-detached house33.2% · 795
Terraced house21.9% · 524
Purpose-built flat16.9% · 406
Converted house0.3% · 8
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.4% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05004101
County council
Essex County Council
County division
Great Baddow
Constituency
Maldon
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
16 of 24

Parishes in the ward

Galleywood

Other wards in the same constituency

BBicknacre and East and West Hanningfield25.1% aged 65+ · 82.7% owned5,543LLittle Baddow, Danbury and Sandon27.8% aged 65+ · 82.8% owned8,333RRettendon and Runwell27.0% aged 65+ · 83.5% owned6,508SSouth Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting25.8% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned5,736SSouth Woodham-Chetwood and Collingwood19.2% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned8,009SSouth Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville21.3% aged 65+ · 80.7% owned8,017

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.