Electoral wardE05015641
Fryerns ward, Basildon
Fryerns is one of 14 electoral wards of Basildon Borough Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 15,130 residents in 5,894 households — 2,653 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Basildon and Billericay constituency; for county elections it is in the Basildon Laindon Park and Fryerns division.
Residents, 202115,130council ward average 13,398
Households5,8942.57 residents per household
Density2,653/ km²about 5.70 km² · Basildon 1,705
Aged 65+13.1%Basildon: 17.0% · under 16: 24.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.7% · 1,161
5–98.3% · 1,249
10–158.3% · 1,260
16–194.8% · 732
20–245.3% · 799
25–3415.7% · 2,383
35–4919.5% · 2,956
50–6417.3% · 2,617
65–747.0% · 1,064
75–843.8% · 573
85+2.3% · 341
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.9% · 1,468
1 car or van41.8% · 2,465
2 cars or vans25.5% · 1,502
3 or more7.8% · 460
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Basildon overall: 63.2% owned, 21.2% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright20.6% · 1,217
With mortgage32.4% · 1,911
Shared ownership1.4% · 85
Social rented33.4% · 1,971
Private rented11.8% · 695
Lives rent free0.3% · 15
Type of home
Detached house3.6% · 211
Semi-detached house18.3% · 1,081
Terraced house59.3% · 3,494
Purpose-built flat18.3% · 1,081
Converted house0.3% · 16
Above shop / office0.2% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015641- Council
- Basildon Borough Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Basildon Laindon Park and Fryerns
- Constituency
- Basildon and Billericay
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 14
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% owned13,025CCastledon & Crouch24.9% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned12,663LLaindon 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.