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Electoral wardE05015734

North Weald Bassett ward, Epping Forest

North Weald Bassett is one of 18 electoral wards of Epping Forest District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,848 residents in 2,784 households — 562 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Brentwood and Ongar and Epping Forest and Harlow constituencies; for county elections it is in the Epping and Theydon Bois and North Weald and Nazeing divisions.

Residents, 20216,848council ward average 7,499
Households2,7842.46 residents per household
Density562/ km²about 12.19 km² · Epping Forest 398
Aged 65+22.5%Epping Forest: 19.5% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 369
5–95.8% · 398
10–156.9% · 475
16–194.1% · 278
20–244.9% · 333
25–3411.0% · 755
35–4918.3% · 1,257
50–6421.1% · 1,447
65–7411.5% · 790
75–847.5% · 516
85+3.4% · 235

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.3% · 288
1 car or van40.9% · 1,138
2 cars or vans34.0% · 946
3 or more14.8% · 411
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright37.6% · 1,046
With mortgage33.5% · 932
Shared ownership1.2% · 33
Social rented16.1% · 448
Private rented11.5% · 321
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house22.9% · 636
Semi-detached house35.9% · 999
Terraced house24.1% · 671
Purpose-built flat15.1% · 419
Converted house1.0% · 29
Other conversion0.4% · 10
Above shop / office0.5% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015734
County council
Essex County Council
County division
Epping and Theydon Bois, North Weald and Nazeing
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
11 of 18

Parishes in the ward

North Weald Bassett

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% owned8,025LLoughton St John's17.8% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned6,574OOngar22.7% aged 65+ · 71.1% owned7,141RRoydon & Lower Nazeing25.2% aged 65+ · 82.0% owned6,524RRural East21.0% aged 65+ · 72.0% owned9,377TTheydon Bois with Passingford24.4% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned6,705

All 18 wards of Epping Forest

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.