Electoral wardE05004195
Heybridge West ward, Maldon
Heybridge West is one of 17 electoral wards of Maldon District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,810 residents in 1,939 households — 2,869 people per km², the 2nd 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, 20214,810council ward average 3,894
Households1,9392.48 residents per household
Density2,869/ km²about 1.68 km² · Maldon 185
Aged 65+18.3%Maldon: 25.0% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 315
5–96.5% · 312
10–157.1% · 343
16–194.6% · 223
20–245.3% · 255
25–3413.3% · 638
35–4919.7% · 950
50–6418.6% · 894
65–749.8% · 472
75–845.7% · 275
85+2.8% · 134
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.0% · 272
1 car or van37.3% · 722
2 cars or vans35.7% · 691
3 or more13.1% · 253
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Maldon overall: 76.2% owned, 11.2% social rented, 11.7% private rented.
Owned outright30.7% · 595
With mortgage36.6% · 710
Shared ownership2.0% · 38
Social rented22.4% · 435
Private rented8.3% · 162
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house28.8% · 559
Semi-detached house33.8% · 655
Terraced house27.4% · 532
Purpose-built flat8.2% · 159
Converted house1.1% · 22
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05004195- Council
- Maldon District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Heybridge and Tollesbury
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 17
Parishes in the ward
Heybridge
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlthorne27.2% aged 65+ · 82.5% owned4,337BBurnham-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% owned4,098MMaldon 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.