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Electoral wardE05010837

Prettygate ward, Colchester

Prettygate is one of 17 electoral wards of Colchester City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,444 residents in 4,301 households — 3,890 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Colchester constituency; for county elections it is in the Drury division.

Residents, 202110,444council ward average 11,336
Households4,3012.43 residents per household
Density3,890/ km²about 2.68 km² · Colchester 587
Aged 65+24.9%Colchester: 17.8% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 460
5–96.0% · 624
10–157.4% · 778
16–194.6% · 485
20–244.5% · 468
25–349.1% · 951
35–4918.8% · 1,962
50–6420.3% · 2,119
65–7411.9% · 1,240
75–848.8% · 914
85+4.2% · 443

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.7% · 634
1 car or van39.7% · 1,709
2 cars or vans33.7% · 1,451
3 or more11.8% · 507
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright48.1% · 2,068
With mortgage33.4% · 1,436
Shared ownership0.2% · 10
Social rented8.1% · 349
Private rented10.1% · 435
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house43.2% · 1,858
Semi-detached house41.0% · 1,761
Terraced house7.7% · 329
Purpose-built flat7.0% · 301
Converted house0.5% · 21
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.6% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010837
County council
Essex County Council
County division
Drury
Constituency
Colchester
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
3 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% owned14,233NNew Town and Christ Church10.4% aged 65+ · 53.5% owned14,672SShrub 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.