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Electoral wardE05015740
Waltham Abbey South & Rural ward, Epping Forest
Waltham Abbey South & Rural is one of 18 electoral wards of Epping Forest District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,608 residents in 3,146 households — 314 people per km², the 8th 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, 20217,608council ward average 7,499
Households3,1462.42 residents per household
Density314/ km²about 24.24 km² · Epping Forest 398
Aged 65+19.4%Epping Forest: 19.5% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 477
5–96.0% · 456
10–157.0% · 535
16–194.3% · 328
20–244.9% · 376
25–3412.6% · 962
35–4919.2% · 1,461
50–6420.1% · 1,531
65–7410.2% · 774
75–846.7% · 512
85+2.5% · 193
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.1% · 444
1 car or van43.1% · 1,357
2 cars or vans29.5% · 928
3 or more13.3% · 417
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Epping Forest overall: 69.6% owned, 14.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright35.9% · 1,130
With mortgage31.9% · 1,004
Shared ownership1.7% · 55
Social rented16.5% · 519
Private rented13.8% · 433
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house20.8% · 654
Semi-detached house21.5% · 675
Terraced house26.7% · 839
Purpose-built flat22.1% · 695
Converted house0.6% · 18
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Caravan, mobile8.0% · 251
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015740- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Waltham Abbey
- Constituency
- Epping Forest
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 15 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 North19.2% aged 65+ · 64.2% owned7,721
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.