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Electoral wardE05004119
Writtle ward, Chelmsford
Writtle is one of 24 electoral wards of Chelmsford City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,328 residents in 2,297 households — 295 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North West Essex constituency; for county elections it is in the Broomfield and Writtle division.
Residents, 20215,328council ward average 7,563
Households2,2972.32 residents per household
Density295/ km²about 18.07 km² · Chelmsford 536
Aged 65+27.5%Chelmsford: 19.4% · under 16: 15.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 224
5–95.3% · 282
10–155.5% · 292
16–195.0% · 265
20–246.3% · 335
25–349.2% · 490
35–4916.9% · 898
50–6420.2% · 1,077
65–7412.3% · 653
75–8410.9% · 581
85+4.3% · 231
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.4% · 331
1 car or van41.3% · 948
2 cars or vans31.1% · 715
3 or more13.2% · 303
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Chelmsford overall: 70.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 15.6% private rented.
Owned outright44.0% · 1,011
With mortgage28.6% · 656
Shared ownership0.5% · 12
Social rented15.7% · 360
Private rented11.2% · 257
Type of home
Detached house27.2% · 624
Semi-detached house36.7% · 840
Terraced house21.5% · 493
Purpose-built flat11.9% · 273
Converted house0.5% · 12
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.7% · 15
Caravan, mobile1.3% · 30
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05004119- Council
- Chelmsford City Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Broomfield and Writtle
- Constituency
- North West Essex
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Writtle
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.