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Loughton Forest ward, Epping Forest
Loughton Forest is one of 18 electoral wards of Epping Forest District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,627 residents in 3,062 households — 2,081 people per km², the 7th 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 and Loughton Central divisions.
Residents, 20217,627council ward average 7,499
Households3,0622.49 residents per household
Density2,081/ km²about 3.66 km² · Epping Forest 398
Aged 65+20.5%Epping Forest: 19.5% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 400
5–95.4% · 412
10–156.9% · 529
16–193.8% · 290
20–244.7% · 356
25–3410.7% · 814
35–4920.6% · 1,572
50–6422.2% · 1,696
65–7410.0% · 764
75–847.1% · 539
85+3.4% · 261
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.5% · 414
1 car or van43.2% · 1,324
2 cars or vans30.9% · 945
3 or more12.4% · 380
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Epping Forest overall: 69.6% owned, 14.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright42.0% · 1,287
With mortgage39.0% · 1,194
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented1.1% · 34
Private rented17.7% · 543
Type of home
Detached house41.2% · 1,261
Semi-detached house22.8% · 698
Terraced house14.7% · 450
Purpose-built flat17.3% · 531
Converted house1.4% · 43
Other conversion0.4% · 12
Above shop / office2.0% · 62
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015731- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Buckhurst Hill and Loughton South, Loughton Central
- Constituency
- Epping Forest
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 6 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 Fairmead12.9% aged 65+ · 49.8% owned7,890LLoughton 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.