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Electoral wardE05014490
Thaxted & the Eastons ward, Uttlesford
Thaxted & the Eastons is one of 22 electoral wards of Uttlesford District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,839 residents in 2,344 households — 86 people per km², the 4th 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, 20215,839council ward average 4,177
Households2,3442.49 residents per household
Density86/ km²about 67.58 km² · Uttlesford 141
Aged 65+24.5%Uttlesford: 20.2% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 259
5–95.7% · 334
10–157.2% · 421
16–194.0% · 236
20–244.5% · 263
25–348.9% · 519
35–4918.3% · 1,068
50–6422.4% · 1,305
65–7412.1% · 708
75–848.7% · 509
85+3.7% · 216
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.2% · 168
1 car or van31.5% · 739
2 cars or vans38.8% · 909
3 or more22.5% · 528
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Uttlesford overall: 70.5% owned, 13.0% social rented, 14.6% private rented.
Owned outright38.7% · 906
With mortgage32.9% · 769
Shared ownership2.0% · 47
Social rented12.6% · 294
Private rented13.8% · 323
Type of home
Detached house48.7% · 1,141
Semi-detached house31.7% · 744
Terraced house13.3% · 311
Purpose-built flat4.3% · 102
Converted house0.9% · 22
Other conversion0.4% · 9
Above shop / office0.5% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014490- Council
- Uttlesford District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Thaxted
- Constituency
- North West Essex
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 22
Parishes in the ward
Great EastonLindsellLittle EastonThaxtedTilty
Other wards in the same constituency
AAshdon23.5% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned2,154CClavering25.9% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned2,326DDebden & Wimbish16.9% aged 65+ · 60.9% owned2,264EElsenham & Henham17.7% aged 65+ · 75.9% owned4,943FFlitch Green & Little Dunmow7.0% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned2,899GGreat Dunmow North17.5% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned5,101GGreat Dunmow South & Barnston24.3% aged 65+ · 66.6% owned6,445HHigh Easter & the Rodings19.0% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned2,493LLittlebury, Chesterford & Wenden Lofts21.3% aged 65+ · 73.7% owned4,496NNewport22.7% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned4,132SSaffron Walden Audley25.6% aged 65+ · 61.0% owned4,257SSaffron Walden Castle19.5% aged 65+ · 63.6% owned4,764SSaffron Walden Shire19.6% aged 65+ · 68.7% owned7,592SStansted North21.8% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned4,624
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.