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Epping Forest District Council
Local authority area: Epping Forest
Epping Forest is a district council in Essex, in the East of England region of England. It covers 339.0 km² and had 134,989 residents in 2022 — about 398 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Epping.
Town hall in the administrative centreOld Town Hall, Epping
Photo: Stacey Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Epping Forest, 2012–2022.
Residents, 2022134,989+7.0% since 2012
Land area339.0km²130.9 sq mi
Density398/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#229of 382 UK councils · #195 in England
Population estimates4 data points
126.1K129.7K131.1K135K
2012201520182022
History
How the council came to be
- 1974Created
Formed from Waltham Holy Cross Urban District.
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Neighbouring councils
Elections
18 electoral wards
Census 2021: 134,983 residents in 54,560 households across the wards; 19.5% aged 65+, 69.6% of homes owned, 14.0% of households without a car.
1Rural East3,878 households · 21.0% aged 65+9,3772Grange Hill3,229 households · 16.6% aged 65+9,1303Loughton Roding3,243 households · 14.3% aged 65+8,0254Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge3,232 households · 16.3% aged 65+7,9595Loughton Fairmead3,340 households · 12.9% aged 65+7,8906Waltham Abbey North3,079 households · 19.2% aged 65+7,721
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Council offices
Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.
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Constituencies
Source: Wikidata Q1347659 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.