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Electoral wardE05015741
Waltham Abbey West ward, Epping Forest
Waltham Abbey West is one of 18 electoral wards of Epping Forest District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,528 residents in 3,285 households — 1,814 people per km², the 9th 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, 20217,528council ward average 7,499
Households3,2852.29 residents per household
Density1,814/ km²about 4.15 km² · Epping Forest 398
Aged 65+17.5%Epping Forest: 19.5% · under 16: 18.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 488
5–95.7% · 427
10–156.4% · 482
16–193.8% · 284
20–244.6% · 345
25–3414.8% · 1,113
35–4920.2% · 1,524
50–6420.6% · 1,553
65–748.8% · 660
75–846.2% · 468
85+2.5% · 190
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.2% · 632
1 car or van43.5% · 1,427
2 cars or vans28.5% · 935
3 or more8.8% · 290
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Epping Forest overall: 69.6% owned, 14.7% social rented, 14.9% private rented.
Owned outright28.0% · 921
With mortgage30.6% · 1,005
Shared ownership0.7% · 23
Social rented21.6% · 709
Private rented18.9% · 621
Lives rent free0.3% · 10
Type of home
Detached house9.1% · 298
Semi-detached house27.1% · 892
Terraced house27.8% · 914
Purpose-built flat31.5% · 1,036
Converted house1.8% · 60
Other conversion0.9% · 30
Above shop / office1.6% · 54
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015741- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Waltham Abbey
- Constituency
- Epping Forest
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 7 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.