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Electoral wardE05015724

Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge ward, Epping Forest

Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge is one of 18 electoral wards of Epping Forest District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,959 residents in 3,232 households — 3,770 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Epping Forest constituency; for county elections it is in the Buckhurst Hill and Loughton South division.

Residents, 20217,959council ward average 7,499
Households3,2322.46 residents per household
Density3,770/ km²about 2.11 km² · Epping Forest 398
Aged 65+16.3%Epping Forest: 19.5% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.7% · 534
5–95.6% · 444
10–157.2% · 577
16–194.3% · 340
20–245.0% · 395
25–3413.1% · 1,040
35–4923.0% · 1,834
50–6418.9% · 1,502
65–748.1% · 642
75–845.8% · 464
85+2.4% · 190

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.9% · 545
1 car or van50.9% · 1,647
2 cars or vans24.5% · 793
3 or more7.7% · 249
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Epping Forest overall: 69.6% owned, 14.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.

Owned outright31.9% · 1,031
With mortgage37.4% · 1,210
Shared ownership0.3% · 11
Social rented15.5% · 502
Private rented14.7% · 474
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house3.4% · 111
Semi-detached house38.0% · 1,227
Terraced house29.6% · 958
Purpose-built flat26.7% · 864
Converted house1.3% · 43
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.6% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015724
County council
Essex County Council
County division
Buckhurst Hill and Loughton South
Constituency
Epping Forest
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
2 of 18

Parishes in the ward

Buckhurst HillLoughton

Other wards in the same constituency

BBuckhurst Hill West19.2% aged 65+ · 74.9% owned7,023CChigwell with Lambourne22.3% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned7,522EEpping East21.1% aged 65+ · 66.9% owned6,415EEpping West & Rural20.5% aged 65+ · 72.0% owned7,366GGrange Hill16.6% aged 65+ · 65.7% owned9,130LLoughton Fairmead12.9% aged 65+ · 49.8% owned7,890LLoughton Forest20.5% aged 65+ · 80.9% owned7,627LLoughton Roding14.3% aged 65+ · 60.0% owned8,025LLoughton St John's17.8% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned6,574NNorth Weald Bassett22.5% aged 65+ · 71.1% owned6,848RRoydon & Lower Nazeing25.2% aged 65+ · 82.0% owned6,524TTheydon Bois with Passingford24.4% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned6,705WWaltham Abbey North19.2% aged 65+ · 64.2% owned7,721WWaltham Abbey South & Rural19.4% aged 65+ · 67.9% owned7,608

All 18 wards of Epping Forest

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.