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Saffron Walden Audley ward, Uttlesford

Saffron Walden Audley is one of 22 electoral wards of Uttlesford District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,257 residents in 1,972 households — 705 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North West Essex constituency; for county elections it is in the Saffron Walden division.

Residents, 20214,257council ward average 4,177
Households1,9722.16 residents per household
Density705/ km²about 6.03 km² · Uttlesford 141
Aged 65+25.6%Uttlesford: 20.2% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 170
5–95.1% · 216
10–157.7% · 329
16–194.3% · 181
20–244.0% · 171
25–349.3% · 397
35–4918.2% · 775
50–6421.8% · 929
65–7411.0% · 470
75–848.6% · 367
85+5.9% · 252

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.0% · 374
1 car or van45.1% · 890
2 cars or vans26.6% · 524
3 or more9.3% · 184
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright37.5% · 739
With mortgage23.5% · 463
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented17.1% · 338
Private rented21.7% · 427

Type of home

Detached house27.1% · 534
Semi-detached house25.6% · 504
Terraced house21.2% · 417
Purpose-built flat19.8% · 390
Converted house2.1% · 41
Other conversion1.5% · 29
Above shop / office2.6% · 51
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 5
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.