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Electoral wardE05015730
Loughton Fairmead ward, Epping Forest
Loughton Fairmead is one of 18 electoral wards of Epping Forest District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,890 residents in 3,340 households — 4,437 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Epping Forest constituency; for county elections it is in the Chigwell and Loughton Broadway and Loughton Central divisions.
Residents, 20217,890council ward average 7,499
Households3,3402.36 residents per household
Density4,437/ km²about 1.78 km² · Epping Forest 398
Aged 65+12.9%Epping Forest: 19.5% · under 16: 20.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.0% · 552
5–96.1% · 479
10–157.6% · 600
16–194.5% · 355
20–246.1% · 480
25–3414.5% · 1,142
35–4922.1% · 1,747
50–6419.3% · 1,521
65–747.2% · 565
75–844.0% · 312
85+1.8% · 140
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.4% · 848
1 car or van47.6% · 1,591
2 cars or vans20.4% · 680
3 or more6.6% · 221
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Epping Forest overall: 69.6% owned, 14.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright20.5% · 686
With mortgage29.3% · 978
Shared ownership0.3% · 10
Social rented32.6% · 1,089
Private rented16.8% · 561
Lives rent free0.4% · 15
Type of home
Detached house2.4% · 79
Semi-detached house28.1% · 937
Terraced house34.2% · 1,143
Purpose-built flat33.3% · 1,113
Converted house0.8% · 26
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.9% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015730- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Chigwell and Loughton Broadway, Loughton Central
- Constituency
- Epping Forest
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 18
Parishes in the ward
Loughton
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% owned6,415EEpping West & Rural20.5% aged 65+ · 72.0% owned7,366GGrange Hill16.6% aged 65+ · 65.7% owned9,130LLoughton 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.