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Electoral wardE05004114

South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville ward, Chelmsford

South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville is one of 24 electoral wards of Chelmsford City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,017 residents in 3,278 households — 1,539 people per km², the 10th 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, 20218,017council ward average 7,563
Households3,2782.45 residents per household
Density1,539/ km²about 5.21 km² · Chelmsford 536
Aged 65+21.3%Chelmsford: 19.4% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 424
5–96.6% · 531
10–157.2% · 576
16–194.2% · 337
20–244.7% · 380
25–3411.7% · 937
35–4919.7% · 1,581
50–6419.2% · 1,543
65–7412.6% · 1,013
75–846.4% · 514
85+2.3% · 181

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.3% · 305
1 car or van39.2% · 1,285
2 cars or vans36.5% · 1,195
3 or more15.0% · 493
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.5% · 1,393
With mortgage38.2% · 1,250
Shared ownership0.9% · 31
Social rented2.5% · 83
Private rented15.8% · 517
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house38.5% · 1,263
Semi-detached house34.8% · 1,142
Terraced house12.6% · 414
Purpose-built flat12.4% · 405
Converted house0.2% · 8
Other conversion0.3% · 9
Above shop / office1.0% · 34
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05004114
County council
Essex County Council
County division
South Woodham Ferrers
Constituency
Maldon
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
14 of 24

Parishes in the ward

South Woodham Ferrers

Other wards in the same constituency

BBicknacre and East and West Hanningfield25.1% aged 65+ · 82.7% owned5,543GGalleywood24.5% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned5,662LLittle 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% owned8,009

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.