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Lee Chapel North ward, Basildon

Lee Chapel North is one of 14 electoral wards of Basildon Borough Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 15,059 residents in 5,808 households — 7,105 people per km², the 2nd 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, 202115,059council ward average 13,398
Households5,8082.59 residents per household
Density7,105/ km²about 2.12 km² · Basildon 1,705
Aged 65+10.8%Basildon: 17.0% · under 16: 25.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–48.2% · 1,239
5–98.4% · 1,268
10–159.3% · 1,400
16–194.9% · 732
20–246.0% · 909
25–3414.7% · 2,210
35–4921.5% · 3,237
50–6416.2% · 2,441
65–745.8% · 867
75–843.8% · 567
85+1.2% · 188

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.6% · 1,604
1 car or van43.2% · 2,507
2 cars or vans22.8% · 1,325
3 or more6.4% · 370
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Basildon overall: 63.2% owned, 21.2% social rented, 14.3% private rented.

Owned outright19.6% · 1,139
With mortgage24.5% · 1,426
Shared ownership1.4% · 80
Social rented39.1% · 2,272
Private rented15.2% · 885
Lives rent free0.2% · 10

Type of home

Detached house5.4% · 311
Semi-detached house21.0% · 1,217
Terraced house51.4% · 2,986
Purpose-built flat19.8% · 1,148
Converted house0.6% · 35
Other conversion1.7% · 96
Above shop / office0.2% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.