Pitsea North West ward, Basildon

Pitsea North West is one of 14 electoral wards of Basildon Borough Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 12,960 residents in 5,380 households — 3,151 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency; for county elections it is in the Basildon Pitsea division.

Residents, 202112,960council ward average 13,398

Households5,3802.41 residents per household

Density3,151/ km²about 4.11 km² · Basildon 1,705

Aged 65+15.5%Basildon: 17.0% · under 16: 21.9%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.6% · 855

5–97.1% · 925

10–158.1% · 1,054

16–194.4% · 564

20–245.2% · 668

25–3414.9% · 1,933

35–4919.9% · 2,579

50–6418.3% · 2,377

65–749.8% · 1,270

75–844.4% · 575

85+1.3% · 164

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.3% · 1,310

1 car or van43.5% · 2,339

2 cars or vans25.0% · 1,345

3 or more7.2% · 386

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright18.9% · 1,021

With mortgage27.6% · 1,486

Shared ownership4.1% · 222

Social rented34.7% · 1,870

Private rented14.5% · 779

Lives rent free0.2% · 10

Type of home

Detached house8.3% · 449

Semi-detached house19.5% · 1,052

Terraced house50.8% · 2,738

Purpose-built flat19.7% · 1,062

Converted house0.8% · 41

Other conversion0.0% · 2

Above shop / office0.3% · 14

Caravan, mobile0.5% · 28

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05015646
Council: Basildon Borough Council
County council: Essex County Council
County division: Basildon Pitsea
Constituency: South Basildon and East Thurrock
Region: East of England
Density rank in council: 3 of 14

Other wards in the same constituency

LLangdon Hills16.2% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned14,597 NNethermayne12.9% aged 65+ · 44.7% owned13,725 PPitsea South East19.1% aged 65+ · 56.0% owned13,746

All 14 wards of Basildon

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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.