Editing Chingford (section)

==Demography==
As of the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]], the population of Chingford was 70,583, an increase from 66,211 in 2011. The ethnic and cultural diversity of the town significantly increased in the decade between the two censuses, with less than half the town's population (49.1%) now identifying as [[White British]], a fall from 62.7% in 2011, and 80.5% in 2001.

Population figures for Chingford are based on the six wards that comprise the town ([[Chingford Green (ward)|Chingford Green]], Endlebury, Hale End, [[Hatch Lane (ward)|Hatch Lane]], Larkswood and Valley) combined.
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Ethnic Group
! colspan="2" |1991
! colspan="2" |2001
! colspan="2" scope="col" |2011
! colspan="2" |2021
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
! scope="col" |Number
! scope="col" |%
!Number
!%
|-
! scope="row" |[[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total
!55,746
!92.9%
!52,801
!86.8%
!48,155
!72.7%
!44,583
!63.2%
|-
| scope="row" |White: [[White British|English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British]]
|–
|–
|49,017
|80.5%
|41,511
|62.7%
|34,650
|49.1%
|-
| scope="row" |White: [[White Irish|Irish]]
|–
|–
|1,165
|1.9%
|1,111
|1.7%
|1,178
|1.7%
|-
| scope="row" |White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|69
|0.1%
|24
|0%
|-
|White: [[Romani people|Romani]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|120
|0.2%
|-
| scope="row" |White: [[Other White|Other]]
|–
|–
|2,619
|4.3%
|5,464
|8.3%
|8,611
|12.2%
|-
! scope="row" |[[British Asian|Asian]]: Total
!1,777
!3%
!2,724
!4.5%
!5,956
!9%
!8,622
!12.2%
|-
| scope="row" |Asian or Asian British: [[British Indians|Indian]]
|685
|1.1%
|844
|1.4%
|1,184
|1.8%
|1,671
|2.4%
|-
| scope="row" |Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
|595
|1%
|989
|1.6%
|2,370
|3.6%
|3,607
|5.1%
|-
| scope="row" |Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
|113
|0.2%
|189
|0.3%
|522
|0.8%
|906
|1.3%
|-
| scope="row" |Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|134
|0.2%
|206
|0.3%
|328
|0.5%
|502
|0.7%
|-
| scope="row" |Asian or Asian British: Other Asian
|250
|0.4%
|496
|0.8%
|1,552
|2.3%
|1,936
|2.7%
|-
! scope="row" |[[Black British people|Black]]: Total
!2,063
!3.4%
!3,722
!6.1%
!7,166
!10.8%
!8,721
!12.4%
|-
| scope="row" |Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|African]]
|571
|1%
|1,421
|2.3%
|2,724
|4.1%
|3,721
|5.3%
|-
| scope="row" |Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]
|1,139
|1.9%
|1,916
|3.1%
|3,281
|5%
|3,838
|5.4%
|-
| scope="row" |Black or Black British: [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|Other Black]]
|353
|0.6%
|385
|0.6%
|1,161
|1.8%
|1,162
|1.6%
|-
! scope="row" |[[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed]]: Total
!–
!–
!1,359
!2.2%
!3,238
!4.9%
!4,641
!6.6%
|-
| scope="row" |Mixed: White and Black Caribbean
|–
|–
|530
|0.9%
|1,291
|1.9%
|1,577
|2.2%
|-
| scope="row" |Mixed: White and Black African
|–
|–
|155
|0.3%
|390
|0.6%
|606
|0.9%
|-
| scope="row" |Mixed: White and Asian
|–
|–
|306
|0.5%
|634
|1%
|990
|1.4%
|-
| scope="row" |Mixed: Other Mixed
|–
|–
|368
|0.6%
|923
|1.4%
|1,468
|2.1%
|-
! scope="row" |Other: Total
!402
!0.7%
!253
!0.4%
!1,696
!2.6%
!4,016
!5.7%
|-
| scope="row" |Other: Arab
|–
|–
|–
|–
|381
|0.6%
|382
|0.5%
|-
| scope="row" |Other: Any other ethnic group
|402
|0.7%
|253
|0.4%
|1,315
|2%
|3,634
|5.1%
|-
! scope="row" |Total
|'''59,988'''
|'''100.0%'''
|'''60,859'''
|'''100.0%'''
|'''66,211'''
|'''100.0%'''
|'''70,583'''
|'''100.0%'''
|}