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Electoral wardE05009913

Debden & Wimbish ward, Uttlesford

Debden & Wimbish is one of 22 electoral wards of Uttlesford District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 2,264 residents in 841 households — 62 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North West Essex constituency; for county elections it is in the Thaxted division.

Residents, 20212,264council ward average 4,177
Households8412.69 residents per household
Density62/ km²about 36.34 km² · Uttlesford 141
Aged 65+16.9%Uttlesford: 20.2% · under 16: 21.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.2% · 141
5–96.9% · 157
10–158.1% · 183
16–193.8% · 87
20–244.7% · 106
25–3413.9% · 314
35–4919.1% · 431
50–6420.3% · 460
65–749.2% · 207
75–845.8% · 132
85+1.9% · 43

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van5.6% · 47
1 car or van30.0% · 252
2 cars or vans43.0% · 362
3 or more21.4% · 180
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Uttlesford overall: 70.5% owned, 13.0% social rented, 14.6% private rented.

Owned outright31.9% · 269
With mortgage28.9% · 244
Shared ownership0.7% · 6
Social rented10.6% · 89
Private rented27.9% · 235

Type of home

Detached house47.3% · 398
Semi-detached house27.2% · 229
Terraced house21.0% · 177
Purpose-built flat3.4% · 29
Converted house0.1% · 1
Other conversion0.5% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 3
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.