Mersea and Pyefleet ward, Colchester

Mersea and Pyefleet is one of 17 electoral wards of Colchester City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,862 residents in 4,454 households — 199 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harwich and North Essex constituency; for county elections it is in the Mersea and Tiptree and Stanway and Pyefleet divisions.

Residents, 20219,862council ward average 11,336

Households4,4542.21 residents per household

Density199/ km²about 49.66 km² · Colchester 587

Aged 65+34.6%Colchester: 17.8% · under 16: 12.6%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.2% · 315

5–93.7% · 368

10–155.6% · 556

16–193.7% · 364

20–244.0% · 399

25–346.9% · 684

35–4914.6% · 1,436

50–6423.6% · 2,328

65–7418.0% · 1,774

75–8411.9% · 1,178

85+4.7% · 460

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.4% · 509

1 car or van38.5% · 1,717

2 cars or vans32.6% · 1,451

3 or more17.5% · 779

Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Colchester overall: 64.6% owned, 13.3% social rented, 21.5% private rented.

Owned outright55.3% · 2,463

With mortgage27.1% · 1,207

Shared ownership0.3% · 14

Social rented6.5% · 291

Private rented10.8% · 479

Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house65.4% · 2,913

Semi-detached house19.4% · 864

Terraced house5.0% · 223

Purpose-built flat8.4% · 374

Converted house0.7% · 29

Other conversion0.2% · 8

Above shop / office0.6% · 28

Caravan, mobile0.4% · 17

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05010833
Council: Colchester City Council
County council: Essex County Council
County division: Mersea and Tiptree, Stanway and Pyefleet
Constituency: Harwich and North Essex
Region: East of England
Density rank in council: 15 of 17

Parishes in the ward

AbbertonEast MerseaFingringhoeLangenhoePeldonWest Mersea

Other wards in the same constituency

LLexden and Braiswick23.8% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned9,609 OOld Heath and The Hythe14.2% aged 65+ · 54.5% owned12,762 RRural North24.6% aged 65+ · 81.3% owned10,809 WWivenhoe21.4% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned8,984

All 17 wards of Colchester

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.