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Electoral wardE05015739
Waltham Abbey North ward, Epping Forest
Waltham Abbey North is one of 18 electoral wards of Epping Forest District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,721 residents in 3,079 households — 551 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Epping Forest constituency; for county elections it is in the Waltham Abbey division.
Residents, 20217,721council ward average 7,499
Households3,0792.51 residents per household
Density551/ km²about 14.02 km² · Epping Forest 398
Aged 65+19.2%Epping Forest: 19.5% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 450
5–95.9% · 457
10–157.0% · 540
16–194.4% · 343
20–245.8% · 448
25–3412.6% · 971
35–4918.7% · 1,439
50–6420.6% · 1,586
65–7410.0% · 772
75–846.4% · 493
85+2.8% · 216
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.3% · 503
1 car or van40.2% · 1,240
2 cars or vans30.5% · 939
3 or more13.0% · 399
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Epping Forest overall: 69.6% owned, 14.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright32.0% · 987
With mortgage32.2% · 992
Shared ownership1.1% · 34
Social rented24.7% · 763
Private rented9.7% · 300
Lives rent free0.2% · 7
Type of home
Detached house7.6% · 233
Semi-detached house30.4% · 935
Terraced house37.0% · 1,140
Purpose-built flat17.0% · 522
Converted house1.3% · 40
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.2% · 7
Caravan, mobile6.3% · 194
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015739- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Waltham Abbey
- Constituency
- Epping Forest
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 18
Parishes in the ward
Waltham Abbey
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% owned6,574NNorth 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 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.