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Patching Hall ward, Chelmsford

Patching Hall is one of 24 electoral wards of Chelmsford City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,072 residents in 3,819 households — 4,564 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chelmsford constituency; for county elections it is in the Chelmsford North division.

Residents, 20219,072council ward average 7,563
Households3,8192.38 residents per household
Density4,564/ km²about 1.99 km² · Chelmsford 536
Aged 65+20.8%Chelmsford: 19.4% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 447
5–95.9% · 538
10–157.5% · 681
16–194.4% · 396
20–244.7% · 426
25–3411.4% · 1,037
35–4920.4% · 1,847
50–6419.9% · 1,808
65–7410.9% · 987
75–846.8% · 620
85+3.1% · 280

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.1% · 728
1 car or van43.9% · 1,675
2 cars or vans28.3% · 1,081
3 or more8.8% · 335
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.2% · 1,344
With mortgage29.7% · 1,134
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented20.4% · 778
Private rented14.5% · 553
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house21.8% · 832
Semi-detached house41.7% · 1,593
Terraced house16.0% · 611
Purpose-built flat18.8% · 717
Converted house0.9% · 33
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.7% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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.