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St Andrews ward, Chelmsford

St Andrews is one of 24 electoral wards of Chelmsford City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,289 residents in 3,760 households — 4,364 people per km², the 5th 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, 20219,289council ward average 7,563
Households3,7602.47 residents per household
Density4,364/ km²about 2.13 km² · Chelmsford 536
Aged 65+18.4%Chelmsford: 19.4% · under 16: 21.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 562
5–96.9% · 643
10–158.4% · 784
16–194.5% · 422
20–245.4% · 498
25–3412.0% · 1,111
35–4919.6% · 1,821
50–6418.7% · 1,739
65–7410.4% · 970
75–845.7% · 534
85+2.2% · 207

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.9% · 784
1 car or van41.6% · 1,565
2 cars or vans27.6% · 1,039
3 or more9.9% · 372
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright31.5% · 1,184
With mortgage28.3% · 1,065
Shared ownership0.9% · 33
Social rented28.3% · 1,065
Private rented10.9% · 409
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house22.4% · 844
Semi-detached house33.4% · 1,254
Terraced house24.1% · 907
Purpose-built flat17.8% · 668
Converted house1.8% · 67
Other conversion0.2% · 8
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.