Electoral wardE05015680
Bush Fair ward, Harlow
Bush Fair is one of 11 electoral wards of Harlow District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,589 residents in 3,854 households — 4,522 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harlow constituency; for county elections it is in the Harlow North and Harlow South East and Harlow West divisions.
Residents, 20219,589council ward average 8,485
Households3,8542.49 residents per household
Density4,522/ km²about 2.12 km² · Harlow 3,056
Aged 65+15.0%Harlow: 14.6% · under 16: 22.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 622
5–97.4% · 711
10–158.3% · 792
16–194.1% · 390
20–245.4% · 520
25–3413.6% · 1,304
35–4920.5% · 1,966
50–6419.2% · 1,841
65–747.4% · 709
75–845.0% · 478
85+2.7% · 256
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.7% · 952
1 car or van40.4% · 1,556
2 cars or vans26.3% · 1,014
3 or more8.6% · 332
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Harlow overall: 53.7% owned, 29.3% social rented, 15.4% private rented.
Owned outright22.9% · 884
With mortgage27.4% · 1,056
Shared ownership0.3% · 12
Social rented37.2% · 1,437
Private rented11.9% · 460
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house6.4% · 246
Semi-detached house10.8% · 417
Terraced house62.2% · 2,402
Purpose-built flat19.6% · 756
Converted house0.5% · 21
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.3% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015680- Council
- Harlow District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Harlow North, Harlow South East, Harlow West
- Constituency
- Harlow
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 11
Other wards in the same constituency
CChurch Langley North & Newhall9.1% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned4,657CChurch Langley South & Potter Street13.1% aged 65+ · 67.3% owned12,061GGreat Parndon21.5% aged 65+ · 63.9% owned6,599LLatton Bush & Stewards14.5% aged 65+ · 54.0% owned9,377LLittle Parndon & Town Centre9.9% aged 65+ · 35.1% owned7,953MMark Hall14.7% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned7,971NNetteswell14.1% aged 65+ · 43.6% owned8,412OOld Harlow17.7% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned8,052PPassmores14.8% aged 65+ · 47.9% owned9,530SSumners & Kingsmoor15.4% aged 65+ · 55.8% owned9,129
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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.