Electoral wardE05015688
Old Harlow ward, Harlow
Old Harlow is one of 11 electoral wards of Harlow District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,052 residents in 3,444 households — 1,982 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harlow constituency; for county elections it is in the Harlow North division.
Residents, 20218,052council ward average 8,485
Households3,4442.34 residents per household
Density1,982/ km²about 4.06 km² · Harlow 3,056
Aged 65+17.7%Harlow: 14.6% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 556
5–95.6% · 448
10–156.7% · 537
16–193.5% · 278
20–245.3% · 423
25–3417.3% · 1,395
35–4919.5% · 1,572
50–6417.6% · 1,419
65–749.6% · 777
75–845.5% · 441
85+2.6% · 206
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.1% · 485
1 car or van41.5% · 1,431
2 cars or vans33.9% · 1,168
3 or more10.5% · 363
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Harlow overall: 53.7% owned, 29.3% social rented, 15.4% private rented.
Owned outright26.3% · 905
With mortgage37.8% · 1,304
Shared ownership2.4% · 82
Social rented22.4% · 773
Private rented10.9% · 377
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house17.9% · 615
Semi-detached house30.1% · 1,035
Terraced house30.1% · 1,036
Purpose-built flat19.2% · 661
Converted house1.2% · 41
Other conversion0.8% · 28
Above shop / office0.7% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015688- Council
- Harlow District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Harlow North
- Constituency
- Harlow
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 11
Other wards in the same constituency
BBush Fair15.0% aged 65+ · 50.3% owned9,589CChurch 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% owned8,412PPassmores14.8% 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.