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Electoral wardE05015104

Town ward, Epsom and Ewell

Town is one of 14 electoral wards of Epsom and Ewell Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,206 residents in 2,681 households — 5,779 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Epsom and Ewell constituency; for county elections it is in the Epsom Town and Downs and Epsom West divisions.

Residents, 20216,206council ward average 5,781
Households2,6812.31 residents per household
Density5,779/ km²about 1.07 km² · Epsom and Ewell 2,377
Aged 65+12.6%Epsom and Ewell: 18.1% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 379
5–95.6% · 345
10–156.1% · 379
16–196.0% · 372
20–248.3% · 516
25–3417.5% · 1,085
35–4924.0% · 1,488
50–6413.8% · 859
65–746.1% · 381
75–844.1% · 257
85+2.4% · 146

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van31.4% · 841
1 car or van50.2% · 1,346
2 cars or vans14.5% · 390
3 or more3.9% · 104
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Epsom and Ewell overall: 74.0% owned, 8.7% social rented, 16.1% private rented.

Owned outright23.1% · 620
With mortgage25.7% · 688
Shared ownership1.3% · 35
Social rented11.8% · 317
Private rented38.0% · 1,018
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house5.4% · 144
Semi-detached house29.4% · 788
Terraced house9.2% · 246
Purpose-built flat45.6% · 1,224
Converted house5.4% · 144
Other conversion2.5% · 67
Above shop / office2.6% · 70
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.