Electoral wardE05015639
Burstead ward, Basildon
Burstead is one of 14 electoral wards of Basildon Borough Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 13,025 residents in 5,400 households — 665 people per km², the 9th 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 and Wickford Crouch divisions.
Residents, 202113,025council ward average 13,398
Households5,4002.41 residents per household
Density665/ km²about 19.59 km² · Basildon 1,705
Aged 65+22.7%Basildon: 17.0% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 725
5–95.9% · 769
10–156.8% · 890
16–194.1% · 529
20–244.4% · 572
25–3410.5% · 1,363
35–4919.2% · 2,495
50–6420.9% · 2,726
65–7411.4% · 1,484
75–848.1% · 1,061
85+3.2% · 411
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.7% · 629
1 car or van39.1% · 2,110
2 cars or vans35.7% · 1,929
3 or more13.5% · 731
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Basildon overall: 63.2% owned, 21.2% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright45.3% · 2,443
With mortgage37.3% · 2,012
Shared ownership0.4% · 21
Social rented7.3% · 392
Private rented9.8% · 529
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house37.6% · 2,030
Semi-detached house37.1% · 2,003
Terraced house14.1% · 760
Purpose-built flat10.0% · 540
Converted house0.7% · 37
Other conversion0.1% · 8
Above shop / office0.2% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015639- Council
- Basildon Borough Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Billericay and Burstead, Wickford Crouch
- Constituency
- Basildon and Billericay
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 14
Parishes in the ward
BillericayGreat Burstead and South GreenLittle Burstead
Other wards in the same constituency
BBillericay East21.0% aged 65+ · 80.8% owned12,133BBillericay West20.8% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned11,972CCastledon & 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.