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Chigwell with Lambourne ward, Epping Forest

Chigwell with Lambourne is one of 18 electoral wards of Epping Forest District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,522 residents in 2,870 households — 321 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Brentwood and Ongar and Epping Forest constituencies; for county elections it is in the Chigwell and Loughton Broadway and Ongar and Rural divisions.

Residents, 20217,522council ward average 7,499
Households2,8702.62 residents per household
Density321/ km²about 23.43 km² · Epping Forest 398
Aged 65+22.3%Epping Forest: 19.5% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 406
5–95.2% · 389
10–157.3% · 549
16–194.2% · 316
20–244.4% · 331
25–3411.0% · 824
35–4919.1% · 1,435
50–6421.2% · 1,596
65–7412.1% · 913
75–846.9% · 522
85+3.2% · 240

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.6% · 219
1 car or van38.6% · 1,107
2 cars or vans36.8% · 1,054
3 or more17.0% · 488
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright41.6% · 1,193
With mortgage38.0% · 1,090
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented7.9% · 225
Private rented12.1% · 347
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house36.9% · 1,061
Semi-detached house34.1% · 981
Terraced house14.3% · 410
Purpose-built flat11.0% · 317
Converted house0.7% · 19
Other conversion0.5% · 15
Above shop / office0.9% · 25
Caravan, mobile1.7% · 48
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.