Editing Elm Park (section)

==Demography==
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! colspan="5" |Elm Park ward compared (2001 Census)
|-
! Statistic || Elm Park || Havering || London || England
|-
! colspan="5" | Ethnic group
|-
| White
| 11,398 || 213,421 || 5,103,203 || 44,679,36
|-
| Asian
| 215 || 4,088 || 866,693 || 2,248,289
|-
| Black
| 191 || 3,139 || 782,849 || 1,132,508
|-
| Mixed
| 148 || 2,298 || 226,111 || 643,373
|-
| Chinese/Other
| 96 || 1,302 || 193,235 || 435,300
|-
! colspan="5" | Population
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''12,048''' || '''224,248''' || '''7,172,091''' || '''49,138,831'''
|-
| Density(/hectare)
| 32.85	|| 19.97 || 45.62 || 3.77
|-
| Households
| 4,950 || 91,722 || 3,015,997 || 20,451,427
|}
The 2001 census shows the Elm Park ward has a population density higher than the borough of Havering, lower than all of London, but much higher than England as a whole. The population is predominately White, 92% within the [[White British]] classification, which is typical for the borough, and both higher than London and England. The mean and median average age of the population is 40, which is typical for the borough, about five years above London as a whole and slightly above the average for England.<ref>Neighbourhood Statistics, 2001</ref>