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Harlow District Council

Local authority area: Harlow

Harlow is a district council in Essex, in the East of England region of England. It covers 30.5 km² and had 94,409 residents in 2022 — about 3,091 people per km². The authority dates from 1955.

harlow.gov.uk All district councils East of England

Town hall in the administrative centreHarlow Civic Centre

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Harlow, 2012–2022.

Residents, 202294,409+14.2% since 2012

Land area30.5km²11.8 sq mi

Density3,091/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#325of 382 UK councils · #275 in England

Population estimates4 data points

82.7K85.4K86.6K94.4K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1955
Created
Harlow became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Essex

All councils in East of England

Colchester194,394 Basildon188,848 Chelmsford183,326 Braintree157,681 Tendring151,451 Epping Forest134,989 Uttlesford92,578 Castle Point89,731 Rochford87,216 Brentwood77,332 Maldon67,554

Elections

11 electoral wards

Census 2021: 93,330 residents in 37,858 households across the wards; 14.6% aged 65+, 53.7% of homes owned, 21.7% of households without a car.

1Church Langley South & Potter Street4,728 households · 13.1% aged 65+12,061 2Bush Fair3,854 households · 15.0% aged 65+9,589 3Passmores3,713 households · 14.8% aged 65+9,530 4Latton Bush & Stewards3,750 households · 14.5% aged 65+9,377 5Sumners & Kingsmoor3,633 households · 15.4% aged 65+9,129 6Netteswell3,551 households · 14.1% aged 65+8,412

All wards of Harlow

Westminster

Constituencies

Harlow · 11 wards

Source: Wikidata Q21713095 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.