Electoral wardE05015638
Billericay West ward, Basildon
Billericay West is one of 14 electoral wards of Basildon Borough Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 11,972 residents in 5,052 households — 2,258 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Basildon and Billericay constituency; for county elections it is in the Billericay and Burstead division.
Residents, 202111,972council ward average 13,398
Households5,0522.37 residents per household
Density2,258/ km²about 5.30 km² · Basildon 1,705
Aged 65+20.8%Basildon: 17.0% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 678
5–95.7% · 684
10–157.4% · 892
16–193.9% · 468
20–244.6% · 547
25–3410.8% · 1,299
35–4920.0% · 2,392
50–6421.1% · 2,532
65–7410.4% · 1,249
75–847.3% · 873
85+3.1% · 366
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.1% · 614
1 car or van44.5% · 2,248
2 cars or vans32.5% · 1,645
3 or more10.8% · 547
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Basildon overall: 63.2% owned, 21.2% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright41.4% · 2,096
With mortgage37.8% · 1,913
Shared ownership0.2% · 12
Social rented7.3% · 367
Private rented13.2% · 667
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house34.0% · 1,718
Semi-detached house39.0% · 1,973
Terraced house14.8% · 750
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 564
Converted house0.5% · 27
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.3% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015638- Council
- Basildon Borough Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Billericay and Burstead
- Constituency
- Basildon and Billericay
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 14
Parishes in the ward
Billericay
Other wards in the same constituency
BBillericay East21.0% aged 65+ · 80.8% owned12,133BBurstead22.7% aged 65+ · 82.5% owned13,025CCastledon & Crouch24.9% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned12,663FFryerns13.1% aged 65+ · 53.1% owned15,130LLaindon Park16.5% aged 65+ · 58.5% owned13,654LLee Chapel North10.8% aged 65+ · 44.1% owned15,059NNethermayne12.9% aged 65+ · 44.7% owned13,725PPitsea South East19.1% aged 65+ · 56.0% owned13,746SSt Martin's12.6% aged 65+ · 44.6% owned13,785
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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.