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Electoral wardE05004118

Waterhouse Farm ward, Chelmsford

Waterhouse Farm is one of 24 electoral wards of Chelmsford City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,600 residents in 2,737 households — 3,040 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chelmsford constituency; for county elections it is in the Chelmsford West division.

Residents, 20216,600council ward average 7,563
Households2,7372.41 residents per household
Density3,040/ km²about 2.17 km² · Chelmsford 536
Aged 65+15.0%Chelmsford: 19.4% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 374
5–96.5% · 428
10–157.4% · 488
16–194.1% · 270
20–245.2% · 340
25–3416.5% · 1,092
35–4922.8% · 1,506
50–6416.8% · 1,112
65–747.2% · 478
75–845.1% · 336
85+2.7% · 177

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.5% · 535
1 car or van46.9% · 1,285
2 cars or vans25.0% · 684
3 or more8.5% · 233
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright27.1% · 743
With mortgage32.0% · 877
Shared ownership0.4% · 12
Social rented21.8% · 598
Private rented18.5% · 506
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house7.7% · 212
Semi-detached house40.7% · 1,114
Terraced house23.5% · 643
Purpose-built flat25.7% · 703
Converted house1.5% · 42
Other conversion0.3% · 9
Above shop / office0.4% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05004118
County council
Essex County Council
County division
Chelmsford West
Constituency
Chelmsford
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
10 of 24

Other wards in the same constituency

CChelmer Village and Beaulieu Park12.3% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned10,847GGoat Hall21.7% aged 65+ · 83.8% owned5,977GGreat Baddow East25.1% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned8,512GGreat Baddow West18.6% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned6,440MMarconi9.3% aged 65+ · 43.7% owned8,762MMoulsham Lodge19.7% aged 65+ · 85.6% owned5,654MMoulsham and Central13.7% aged 65+ · 51.0% owned13,334PPatching Hall20.8% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned9,072SSpringfield North14.2% aged 65+ · 72.6% owned10,542SSt Andrews18.4% aged 65+ · 59.8% owned9,289TThe Lawns24.9% aged 65+ · 84.7% owned5,437TTrinity15.3% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned6,740

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.