Electoral wardE05015735

Ongar ward, Epping Forest

Ongar is one of 18 electoral wards of Epping Forest District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,141 residents in 2,923 households — 792 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Brentwood and Ongar constituency; for county elections it is in the Ongar and Rural division.

Residents, 20217,141council ward average 7,499

Households2,9232.44 residents per household

Density792/ km²about 9.02 km² · Epping Forest 398

Aged 65+22.7%Epping Forest: 19.5% · under 16: 20.8%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.3% · 451

5–96.9% · 491

10–157.6% · 542

16–194.0% · 282

20–244.0% · 288

25–3410.7% · 760

35–4918.1% · 1,294

50–6419.7% · 1,407

65–7411.5% · 817

75–847.2% · 516

85+4.0% · 284

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.5% · 366

1 car or van37.6% · 1,098

2 cars or vans35.1% · 1,027

3 or more14.8% · 432

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright38.8% · 1,133

With mortgage32.3% · 943

Shared ownership1.1% · 33

Social rented16.4% · 480

Private rented11.1% · 323

Lives rent free0.3% · 9

Type of home

Detached house23.6% · 689

Semi-detached house44.2% · 1,290

Terraced house15.5% · 452

Purpose-built flat14.0% · 408

Converted house0.8% · 22

Other conversion0.8% · 22

Above shop / office1.1% · 33

Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05015735
Council: Epping Forest District Council
County council: Essex County Council
County division: Ongar and Rural
Constituency: Brentwood and Ongar
Region: East of England
Density rank in council: 10 of 18

Parishes in the ward

High OngarOngar

Other wards in the same constituency

CChigwell with Lambourne22.3% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned7,522 NNorth Weald Bassett22.5% aged 65+ · 71.1% owned6,848 RRural East21.0% aged 65+ · 72.0% owned9,377 TTheydon 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.