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Electoral wardE05004198

Maldon South ward, Maldon

Maldon South is one of 17 electoral wards of Maldon District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,839 residents in 1,561 households — 2,221 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Maldon constituency; for county elections it is in the Maldon division.

Residents, 20213,839council ward average 3,894
Households1,5612.46 residents per household
Density2,221/ km²about 1.73 km² · Maldon 185
Aged 65+23.5%Maldon: 25.0% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.3% · 128
5–95.1% · 194
10–158.0% · 306
16–195.0% · 192
20–245.5% · 211
25–348.6% · 332
35–4916.7% · 641
50–6424.3% · 934
65–7412.8% · 490
75–847.9% · 303
85+2.9% · 110

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.0% · 186
1 car or van35.5% · 552
2 cars or vans36.7% · 571
3 or more15.9% · 247
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.9% · 716
With mortgage34.9% · 545
Shared ownership0.1% · 1
Social rented9.2% · 144
Private rented9.9% · 155

Type of home

Detached house33.4% · 521
Semi-detached house41.5% · 647
Terraced house21.0% · 328
Purpose-built flat3.0% · 47
Converted house0.9% · 14
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
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.