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Molesey East ward, Elmbridge

Molesey East is one of 16 electoral wards of Elmbridge Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,568 residents in 3,588 households — 2,689 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Esher and Walton constituency; for county elections it is in the West Molesey and East Molesey and Esher divisions.

Residents, 20218,568council ward average 8,672
Households3,5882.39 residents per household
Density2,689/ km²about 3.19 km² · Elmbridge 1,459
Aged 65+19.6%Elmbridge: 17.9% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.4% · 549
5–96.6% · 568
10–156.6% · 569
16–193.5% · 296
20–243.9% · 334
25–3411.1% · 953
35–4921.8% · 1,872
50–6420.5% · 1,753
65–7410.0% · 861
75–846.5% · 559
85+3.0% · 256

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.7% · 491
1 car or van49.1% · 1,759
2 cars or vans28.1% · 1,008
3 or more9.0% · 324
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Elmbridge overall: 71.3% owned, 10.1% social rented, 17.5% private rented.

Owned outright35.9% · 1,290
With mortgage36.4% · 1,306
Shared ownership1.8% · 63
Social rented7.5% · 268
Private rented18.4% · 660
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house19.6% · 704
Semi-detached house27.3% · 980
Terraced house26.9% · 964
Purpose-built flat17.6% · 633
Converted house4.1% · 146
Other conversion0.9% · 31
Above shop / office3.5% · 126
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.