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Springfield North ward, Chelmsford

Springfield North is one of 24 electoral wards of Chelmsford City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,542 residents in 4,313 households — 3,780 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chelmsford constituency; for county elections it is in the Springfield division.

Residents, 202110,542council ward average 7,563
Households4,3132.44 residents per household
Density3,780/ km²about 2.79 km² · Chelmsford 536
Aged 65+14.2%Chelmsford: 19.4% · under 16: 21.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.8% · 722
5–96.4% · 679
10–157.8% · 826
16–194.0% · 421
20–244.7% · 495
25–3414.7% · 1,548
35–4923.1% · 2,435
50–6418.2% · 1,922
65–749.1% · 954
75–843.6% · 382
85+1.5% · 157

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.4% · 491
1 car or van45.8% · 1,974
2 cars or vans32.5% · 1,402
3 or more10.3% · 446
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright31.0% · 1,336
With mortgage41.6% · 1,795
Shared ownership2.1% · 91
Social rented8.6% · 370
Private rented16.6% · 718
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house25.6% · 1,104
Semi-detached house26.4% · 1,138
Terraced house26.6% · 1,147
Purpose-built flat20.9% · 902
Converted house0.2% · 8
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.3% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.