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Electoral wardE05004106

Marconi ward, Chelmsford

Marconi is one of 24 electoral wards of Chelmsford City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,762 residents in 3,697 households — 6,134 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chelmsford constituency; for county elections it is in the Chelmsford West division.

Residents, 20218,762council ward average 7,563
Households3,6972.37 residents per household
Density6,134/ km²about 1.43 km² · Chelmsford 536
Aged 65+9.3%Chelmsford: 19.4% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.2% · 541
5–95.7% · 495
10–156.0% · 525
16–195.9% · 514
20–249.3% · 812
25–3421.7% · 1,905
35–4921.7% · 1,905
50–6414.3% · 1,251
65–744.7% · 415
75–842.9% · 255
85+1.6% · 143

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.5% · 1,018
1 car or van49.7% · 1,839
2 cars or vans17.2% · 637
3 or more5.5% · 203
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright16.0% · 590
With mortgage27.7% · 1,024
Shared ownership2.1% · 76
Social rented23.1% · 854
Private rented31.2% · 1,152
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house9.2% · 341
Semi-detached house21.1% · 780
Terraced house23.8% · 881
Purpose-built flat39.5% · 1,462
Converted house2.5% · 92
Other conversion2.4% · 89
Above shop / office1.4% · 50
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.