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Epping West & Rural ward, Epping Forest
Epping West & Rural is one of 18 electoral wards of Epping Forest District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,366 residents in 2,964 households — 241 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Epping Forest constituency; for county elections it is in the Epping and Theydon Bois and North Weald and Nazeing divisions.
Residents, 20217,366council ward average 7,499
Households2,9642.49 residents per household
Density241/ km²about 30.56 km² · Epping Forest 398
Aged 65+20.5%Epping Forest: 19.5% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 456
5–96.1% · 450
10–156.4% · 470
16–194.1% · 302
20–244.2% · 306
25–3410.6% · 778
35–4921.2% · 1,561
50–6420.8% · 1,532
65–7411.0% · 811
75–846.4% · 471
85+3.1% · 228
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.5% · 429
1 car or van38.8% · 1,150
2 cars or vans31.6% · 936
3 or more15.1% · 449
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Epping Forest overall: 69.6% owned, 14.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright35.8% · 1,058
With mortgage36.3% · 1,073
Shared ownership0.7% · 22
Social rented16.5% · 488
Private rented10.6% · 315
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house27.3% · 811
Semi-detached house39.7% · 1,179
Terraced house19.3% · 574
Purpose-built flat10.8% · 322
Converted house0.7% · 22
Other conversion0.6% · 19
Above shop / office0.8% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 16
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015728- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Epping and Theydon Bois, North Weald and Nazeing
- Constituency
- Epping Forest
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 18
Parishes in the ward
EppingEpping UplandNazeingRoydon
Other wards in the same constituency
BBuckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge16.3% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned7,959BBuckhurst Hill West19.2% aged 65+ · 74.9% owned7,023CChigwell with Lambourne22.3% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned7,522EEpping East21.1% aged 65+ · 66.9% owned6,415GGrange 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.