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Electoral wardE05010835

New Town and Christ Church ward, Colchester

New Town and Christ Church is one of 17 electoral wards of Colchester City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 14,672 residents in 6,397 households — 5,799 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Colchester constituency; for county elections it is in the Abbey and Drury divisions.

Residents, 202114,672council ward average 11,336
Households6,3972.29 residents per household
Density5,799/ km²about 2.53 km² · Colchester 587
Aged 65+10.4%Colchester: 17.8% · under 16: 21.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.9% · 1,010
5–96.8% · 1,003
10–157.4% · 1,089
16–194.4% · 642
20–247.4% · 1,085
25–3417.5% · 2,575
35–4923.0% · 3,373
50–6416.1% · 2,366
65–746.0% · 879
75–843.3% · 482
85+1.2% · 169

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.5% · 1,632
1 car or van49.4% · 3,161
2 cars or vans20.5% · 1,314
3 or more4.5% · 290
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright22.4% · 1,431
With mortgage31.1% · 1,992
Shared ownership0.4% · 26
Social rented9.4% · 599
Private rented36.7% · 2,345
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house10.5% · 672
Semi-detached house27.2% · 1,740
Terraced house33.4% · 2,138
Purpose-built flat20.4% · 1,303
Converted house4.8% · 307
Other conversion2.5% · 161
Above shop / office1.1% · 70
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010835
County council
Essex County Council
County division
Abbey, Drury
Constituency
Colchester
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
1 of 17

Other wards in the same constituency

BBerechurch13.7% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned11,235CCastle16.3% aged 65+ · 45.9% owned11,314GGreenstead12.8% aged 65+ · 36.6% owned14,671HHighwoods11.3% aged 65+ · 58.3% owned10,502LLexden and Braiswick23.8% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned9,609MMile End8.2% aged 65+ · 60.1% owned14,233PPrettygate24.9% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned10,444SShrub End9.6% aged 65+ · 46.7% owned12,438SSt Anne's and St John's23.7% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned10,792

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.