Electoral wardE05015640
Castledon & Crouch ward, Basildon
Castledon & Crouch is one of 14 electoral wards of Basildon Borough Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 12,663 residents in 5,277 households — 710 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Basildon and Billericay and Rayleigh and Wickford constituencies; for county elections it is in the Wickford Crouch division.
Residents, 202112,663council ward average 13,398
Households5,2772.4 residents per household
Density710/ km²about 17.85 km² · Basildon 1,705
Aged 65+24.9%Basildon: 17.0% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 558
5–94.9% · 621
10–156.6% · 835
16–194.2% · 532
20–245.0% · 629
25–3410.4% · 1,316
35–4917.5% · 2,219
50–6422.1% · 2,798
65–7413.0% · 1,649
75–848.5% · 1,076
85+3.3% · 424
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.6% · 612
1 car or van37.7% · 1,989
2 cars or vans32.9% · 1,737
3 or more17.8% · 940
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Basildon overall: 63.2% owned, 21.2% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright44.7% · 2,356
With mortgage35.8% · 1,888
Shared ownership0.5% · 26
Social rented8.4% · 445
Private rented10.4% · 550
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house37.9% · 1,999
Semi-detached house40.2% · 2,121
Terraced house10.5% · 555
Purpose-built flat10.4% · 548
Converted house0.2% · 11
Other conversion0.0% · 2
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 36
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015640- Council
- Basildon Borough Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Wickford Crouch
- Constituency
- Basildon and Billericay, Rayleigh and Wickford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 14
Parishes in the ward
Noak BridgeRamsden BellhouseRamsden CraysWickford
Other wards in the same constituency
BBillericay East21.0% aged 65+ · 80.8% owned12,133BBillericay West20.8% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned11,972BBurstead22.7% aged 65+ · 82.5% owned13,025FFryerns13.1% 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% owned13,785WWickford North21.8% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned13,331WWickford Park12.6% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned11,791
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.