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Electoral wardE05010840

Shrub End ward, Colchester

Shrub End is one of 17 electoral wards of Colchester City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 12,438 residents in 4,541 households — 2,216 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Colchester constituency; for county elections it is in the Maypole division.

Residents, 202112,438council ward average 11,336
Households4,5412.74 residents per household
Density2,216/ km²about 5.61 km² · Colchester 587
Aged 65+9.6%Colchester: 17.8% · under 16: 25.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–48.0% · 994
5–99.2% · 1,141
10–158.4% · 1,049
16–194.4% · 546
20–246.8% · 851
25–3417.7% · 2,200
35–4921.9% · 2,721
50–6414.0% · 1,737
65–745.6% · 696
75–843.1% · 381
85+1.0% · 122

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.5% · 703
1 car or van44.5% · 2,022
2 cars or vans31.3% · 1,424
3 or more8.7% · 395
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright19.9% · 903
With mortgage26.8% · 1,216
Shared ownership0.4% · 19
Social rented22.7% · 1,032
Private rented30.0% · 1,362
Lives rent free0.2% · 9

Type of home

Detached house15.4% · 698
Semi-detached house34.1% · 1,546
Terraced house28.6% · 1,299
Purpose-built flat20.7% · 941
Converted house0.9% · 41
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.2% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010840
County council
Essex County Council
County division
Maypole
Constituency
Colchester
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
8 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% owned14,672PPrettygate24.9% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned10,444SSt 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.