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Loughton St John's ward, Epping Forest
Loughton St John's is one of 18 electoral wards of Epping Forest District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,574 residents in 2,547 households — 1,089 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Epping Forest constituency; for county elections it is in the Loughton Central division.
Residents, 20216,574council ward average 7,499
Households2,5472.58 residents per household
Density1,089/ km²about 6.04 km² · Epping Forest 398
Aged 65+17.8%Epping Forest: 19.5% · under 16: 18.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 366
5–95.4% · 354
10–158.0% · 523
16–194.2% · 273
20–246.1% · 399
25–3412.5% · 820
35–4921.0% · 1,381
50–6419.6% · 1,291
65–749.1% · 597
75–846.0% · 395
85+2.7% · 178
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.4% · 264
1 car or van45.7% · 1,163
2 cars or vans31.8% · 809
3 or more12.1% · 309
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Epping Forest overall: 69.6% owned, 14.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright35.0% · 890
With mortgage40.4% · 1,029
Shared ownership0.8% · 20
Social rented7.7% · 196
Private rented16.0% · 407
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house24.9% · 634
Semi-detached house40.7% · 1,037
Terraced house14.4% · 367
Purpose-built flat18.3% · 466
Converted house0.7% · 18
Above shop / office0.8% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015733- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Loughton Central
- Constituency
- Epping Forest
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 9 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 Forest20.5% aged 65+ · 80.9% owned7,627LLoughton Roding14.3% aged 65+ · 60.0% owned8,025NNorth 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.