Parish Profiles

 

Parish Name: Loughton

 

Loughton Parish has an area of 1512 hectares.

 

Loughton Parish has a population of 30340 making it the biggest most populated Parish in the District.

 

Population Structure

 

These are the population figures for Loughton Parish.

 

In total, there are 14470 males, and 15870 females.  The population age groups are as follows.

 

Age group	No. of people in age group
0 – 15	6327
16 – 19	1354
20 – 44	10577
45 - 64	6885
65+	5197

 

This makes Loughton Parish have the biggest population.

 

Homes

 

These are the housing figures for Loughton Parish.

 

In total, there are 12861 houses that are occupied, along with 262 houses that aren’t occupied. There are also 20 second/holiday homes in the Parish

 

This is a table of the houses that are in the Parish of Loughton.

 

Category of housing	No of houses in category
Detached	2300
Semi – detached	3950
Terraced	3815
Flats	2750
Other	328

The average household size is 2.35 and the average no of rooms, in a house, is 5.26.

 

This is a table of the houses, which are owner occupied, social houses, and any private rented houses, and also any house that fall into the ‘other’ category.

 

Category of housing	No. of people in category
Owner occupied	9618
Social houses	2483
Private rent	672
Other	388

 

Transportation

 

These are the numbers of people in the Parish of Loughton who own cars. This is a table of the number of cars owned per household.

 

Number of cars per household	No. of cars per category
Total amount of households	12861
0 Cars/Vans	2842
1 Car/Van	5800
2+ Cars/Vans	4219

 

These are the figures, of how people travel to work.

 

Category of transport	No. of people using mode of transport
Public Transport	3962
Motor Vehicle	7790
Bike	111
Foot	889
Other	41

 

Jobs

 

There are 600 unemployed people in the Parish of Loughton. This is a break down, of the people who are unemployed.

 

Category of unemployment	No. of people in unemployment age band
16 – 24	154
50+	131
Have never worked	46
Temporarily unemployed	183

 

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