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Heybridge East ward, Maldon

Heybridge East is one of 17 electoral wards of Maldon District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,098 residents in 1,743 households — 791 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Maldon constituency; for county elections it is in the Heybridge and Tollesbury division.

Residents, 20214,098council ward average 3,894
Households1,7432.35 residents per household
Density791/ km²about 5.18 km² · Maldon 185
Aged 65+22.7%Maldon: 25.0% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 190
5–94.8% · 195
10–156.6% · 270
16–194.0% · 165
20–243.6% · 149
25–3411.5% · 471
35–4918.0% · 737
50–6424.1% · 989
65–7413.2% · 539
75–847.3% · 301
85+2.2% · 92

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.5% · 131
1 car or van36.1% · 629
2 cars or vans39.6% · 691
3 or more16.8% · 293
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Maldon overall: 76.2% owned, 11.2% social rented, 11.7% private rented.

Owned outright45.2% · 788
With mortgage37.1% · 647
Shared ownership0.7% · 12
Social rented4.4% · 77
Private rented12.5% · 218
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house39.6% · 689
Semi-detached house35.7% · 622
Terraced house17.8% · 310
Purpose-built flat4.6% · 81
Converted house0.7% · 13
Other conversion0.3% · 5
Above shop / office0.4% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 15
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.