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Buckhurst Hill West ward, Epping Forest
Buckhurst Hill West is one of 18 electoral wards of Epping Forest District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,023 residents in 2,924 households — 2,642 people per km², the 13th 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, 20217,023council ward average 7,499
Households2,9242.4 residents per household
Density2,642/ km²about 2.66 km² · Epping Forest 398
Aged 65+19.2%Epping Forest: 19.5% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 410
5–96.1% · 430
10–157.1% · 498
16–193.7% · 262
20–244.2% · 294
25–3411.6% · 813
35–4922.5% · 1,578
50–6419.7% · 1,384
65–749.6% · 674
75–846.7% · 467
85+3.0% · 209
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.0% · 408
1 car or van48.1% · 1,407
2 cars or vans28.6% · 837
3 or more9.3% · 272
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Epping Forest overall: 69.6% owned, 14.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright37.8% · 1,106
With mortgage37.1% · 1,086
Shared ownership0.4% · 13
Social rented2.6% · 77
Private rented22.0% · 645
Type of home
Detached house23.3% · 680
Semi-detached house29.2% · 855
Terraced house12.5% · 365
Purpose-built flat29.7% · 868
Converted house2.9% · 86
Other conversion0.6% · 18
Above shop / office1.6% · 47
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015725- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Buckhurst Hill and Loughton South
- Constituency
- Epping Forest
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 18
Parishes in the ward
Buckhurst Hill
Other wards in the same constituency
BBuckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge16.3% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned7,959CChigwell 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
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.