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South Woodham-Chetwood and Collingwood ward, Chelmsford

South Woodham-Chetwood and Collingwood is one of 24 electoral wards of Chelmsford City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,009 residents in 3,319 households — 2,441 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Maldon constituency; for county elections it is in the South Woodham Ferrers division.

Residents, 20218,009council ward average 7,563
Households3,3192.41 residents per household
Density2,441/ km²about 3.28 km² · Chelmsford 536
Aged 65+19.2%Chelmsford: 19.4% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 454
5–95.4% · 435
10–156.8% · 543
16–194.2% · 340
20–245.0% · 397
25–3413.6% · 1,088
35–4918.6% · 1,488
50–6421.6% · 1,729
65–7412.5% · 1,003
75–844.8% · 388
85+1.8% · 143

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.3% · 343
1 car or van37.1% · 1,233
2 cars or vans36.9% · 1,225
3 or more15.7% · 520
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.8% · 1,189
With mortgage40.4% · 1,339
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented8.2% · 273
Private rented15.4% · 510
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house54.9% · 1,820
Semi-detached house12.3% · 407
Terraced house17.3% · 575
Purpose-built flat14.6% · 485
Converted house0.4% · 12
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.5% · 16
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.