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Loughton Roding ward, Epping Forest

Loughton Roding is one of 18 electoral wards of Epping Forest District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,025 residents in 3,243 households — 2,943 people per km², the 3rd 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 Chigwell and Loughton Broadway and Loughton Central divisions.

Residents, 20218,025council ward average 7,499
Households3,2432.47 residents per household
Density2,943/ km²about 2.73 km² · Epping Forest 398
Aged 65+14.3%Epping Forest: 19.5% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.4% · 512
5–96.0% · 478
10–157.2% · 577
16–194.5% · 362
20–246.1% · 493
25–3413.9% · 1,115
35–4921.9% · 1,757
50–6419.8% · 1,587
65–747.8% · 630
75–844.6% · 371
85+1.8% · 147

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.0% · 681
1 car or van47.5% · 1,539
2 cars or vans24.1% · 781
3 or more7.3% · 237
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright26.9% · 872
With mortgage33.1% · 1,074
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented26.2% · 849
Private rented13.3% · 431
Lives rent free0.2% · 6

Type of home

Detached house8.0% · 258
Semi-detached house30.4% · 986
Terraced house37.8% · 1,225
Purpose-built flat22.6% · 732
Converted house0.5% · 15
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.4% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
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.