Chelmsford postcode area Census 2021

90.3% people are white, 3.8% people are asian, 2.6% people are mixed.
49.1% are Christian, 41.1% have no religion, 5.7% provided no answer.
40.2% households have 1 car, 32.0% households have 2 cars, 14.4% households have no car.

Chelmsford population ethnic group

Ethnicity Share: Chelmsford postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Ethnicity	Chelmsford postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	3.8%	9.3%
Black	2.4%	4.0%
Mixed	2.6%	2.9%
Other	1.0%	2.1%
White	90.3%	81.7%

Chelmsford population health

Health Quality Share: Chelmsford postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Health	Chelmsford postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
very good	50.7%	48.4%
good	33.8%	33.6%
average	11.5%	12.7%
poor	3.1%	4.0%
very poor	0.9%	1.2%

Chelmsford population religion

Religion Share: Chelmsford postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Religion	Chelmsford postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.4%	0.5%
Christian	49.1%	46.2%
Hindu	1.0%	1.7%
Jewish	0.4%	0.5%
Muslim	1.7%	6.5%
No answer	5.7%	6.0%
No religion	41.1%	37.2%
Other	0.2%	0.9%
Sikh	0.4%	0.6%

Chelmsford population economic activity

Economic Activity Share: Chelmsford postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Economic activity	Chelmsford postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	48.7%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.7%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	9.1%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.2%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	4.6%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	5.3%	7.3%
Retired	22.7%	21.6%
Student, no work	4.1%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.4%	2.8%

Chelmsford car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.46 cars per household in Chelmsford postcode area. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of Cars in a Household Share: Chelmsford postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Number of cars in a household	Chelmsford postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
No car	14.4%	23.3%
1 car	40.2%	41.3%
2 cars	32.0%	26.2%
3+ cars	13.4%	9.2%

Chelmsford household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).