Electoral wardE05010856
Wheatley ward, Rochford
Wheatley is one of 13 electoral wards of Rochford District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,536 residents in 2,872 households — 2,100 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rayleigh and Wickford constituency; for county elections it is in the Rayleigh South division.
Residents, 20216,536council ward average 6,589
Households2,8722.28 residents per household
Density2,100/ km²about 3.11 km² · Rochford 513
Aged 65+27.0%Rochford: 23.4% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 306
5–95.3% · 346
10–157.0% · 456
16–193.9% · 252
20–244.6% · 301
25–348.9% · 583
35–4918.7% · 1,225
50–6419.9% · 1,301
65–7412.0% · 785
75–849.6% · 626
85+5.4% · 355
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.8% · 598
1 car or van40.5% · 1,162
2 cars or vans27.6% · 793
3 or more11.1% · 319
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rochford overall: 80.7% owned, 8.1% social rented, 10.7% private rented.
Owned outright44.3% · 1,271
With mortgage31.7% · 911
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented9.5% · 274
Private rented14.2% · 407
Type of home
Detached house28.8% · 826
Semi-detached house45.5% · 1,308
Terraced house3.3% · 94
Purpose-built flat18.5% · 531
Converted house1.2% · 34
Other conversion0.6% · 17
Above shop / office2.0% · 57
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010856- Council
- Rochford District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Rayleigh South
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 13
Parishes in the ward
Rayleigh
Other wards in the same constituency
DDownhall and Rawreth18.0% aged 65+ · 82.3% owned6,592HHawkwell East23.6% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned5,910HHawkwell West22.0% aged 65+ · 90.1% owned6,518HHockley24.1% aged 65+ · 82.1% owned6,509HHockley and Ashingdon25.9% aged 65+ · 90.1% owned6,248HHullbridge32.5% aged 65+ · 89.2% owned6,593LLodge24.9% aged 65+ · 86.4% owned6,651SSweyne Park and Grange18.4% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned6,762TTrinity27.1% aged 65+ · 88.3% owned6,952
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.