Electoral wardE05004190
Althorne ward, Maldon
Althorne is one of 17 electoral wards of Maldon District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,337 residents in 1,830 households — 115 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Maldon constituency; for county elections it is in the Southminster division.
Residents, 20214,337council ward average 3,894
Households1,8302.37 residents per household
Density115/ km²about 37.71 km² · Maldon 185
Aged 65+27.2%Maldon: 25.0% · under 16: 13.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 175
5–94.5% · 194
10–155.3% · 230
16–194.0% · 173
20–245.1% · 221
25–349.1% · 393
35–4915.4% · 670
50–6425.4% · 1,104
65–7415.6% · 677
75–849.0% · 390
85+2.6% · 115
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.9% · 127
1 car or van34.6% · 633
2 cars or vans34.4% · 629
3 or more24.1% · 441
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Maldon overall: 76.2% owned, 11.2% social rented, 11.7% private rented.
Owned outright50.4% · 921
With mortgage32.2% · 588
Shared ownership0.5% · 9
Social rented7.0% · 128
Private rented10.0% · 182
Type of home
Detached house56.1% · 1,026
Semi-detached house26.1% · 477
Terraced house6.2% · 113
Purpose-built flat3.2% · 58
Converted house0.7% · 12
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office1.3% · 23
Caravan, mobile6.5% · 119
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05004190- Council
- Maldon District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Southminster
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 17
Parishes in the ward
AlthorneLatchingdonMaylandMundon
Other wards in the same constituency
BBurnham-on-Crouch North25.1% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned4,682BBurnham-on-Crouch South27.0% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned4,168HHeybridge East22.7% aged 65+ · 82.3% owned4,098HHeybridge West18.3% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned4,810MMaldon East18.0% aged 65+ · 53.8% owned2,500MMaldon North31.6% aged 65+ · 62.1% owned4,409MMaldon South23.5% aged 65+ · 80.8% owned3,839MMaldon West26.9% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned4,191MMayland24.6% aged 65+ · 84.5% owned4,450PPurleigh24.8% aged 65+ · 84.5% owned3,524SSouthminster20.5% aged 65+ · 72.3% owned4,828TTillingham25.3% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned2,332
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.