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Electoral wardE05015472
Great Baddow West ward, Chelmsford
Great Baddow West is one of 24 electoral wards of Chelmsford City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,440 residents in 2,665 households — 3,380 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chelmsford constituency; for county elections it is in the Great Baddow division.
Residents, 20216,440council ward average 7,563
Households2,6652.42 residents per household
Density3,380/ km²about 1.91 km² · Chelmsford 536
Aged 65+18.6%Chelmsford: 19.4% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 355
5–96.6% · 425
10–158.2% · 528
16–194.3% · 277
20–244.7% · 300
25–3412.5% · 803
35–4921.0% · 1,350
50–6418.7% · 1,204
65–749.9% · 637
75–846.6% · 428
85+2.1% · 132
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.3% · 435
1 car or van41.1% · 1,094
2 cars or vans32.0% · 852
3 or more10.6% · 281
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Chelmsford overall: 70.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 15.6% private rented.
Owned outright31.9% · 852
With mortgage31.4% · 838
Shared ownership1.3% · 35
Social rented23.8% · 635
Private rented11.4% · 303
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house20.4% · 543
Semi-detached house37.2% · 993
Terraced house21.8% · 581
Purpose-built flat19.7% · 526
Converted house0.7% · 19
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015472- Council
- Chelmsford City Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Great Baddow
- Constituency
- Chelmsford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Great Baddow
Other wards in the same constituency
CChelmer Village and Beaulieu Park12.3% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned10,847GGoat Hall21.7% aged 65+ · 83.8% owned5,977GGreat Baddow East25.1% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned8,512MMarconi9.3% aged 65+ · 43.7% owned8,762MMoulsham Lodge19.7% aged 65+ · 85.6% owned5,654MMoulsham and Central13.7% aged 65+ · 51.0% owned13,334PPatching Hall20.8% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned9,072SSpringfield North14.2% aged 65+ · 72.6% owned10,542SSt Andrews18.4% aged 65+ · 59.8% owned9,289TThe Lawns24.9% aged 65+ · 84.7% owned5,437TTrinity15.3% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned6,740WWaterhouse Farm15.0% aged 65+ · 59.2% owned6,600
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.