Electoral wardE05015648
St Martin's ward, Basildon
St Martin's is one of 14 electoral wards of Basildon Borough Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 13,785 residents in 5,542 households — 4,515 people per km², the 4th 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 and Basildon Pitsea divisions.
Residents, 202113,785council ward average 13,398
Households5,5422.49 residents per household
Density4,515/ km²about 3.05 km² · Basildon 1,705
Aged 65+12.6%Basildon: 17.0% · under 16: 23.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.0% · 1,107
5–97.7% · 1,061
10–157.8% · 1,077
16–194.4% · 612
20–245.9% · 814
25–3416.6% · 2,292
35–4920.4% · 2,805
50–6416.5% · 2,277
65–747.0% · 971
75–843.8% · 529
85+1.7% · 236
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.5% · 1,632
1 car or van43.3% · 2,398
2 cars or vans21.3% · 1,180
3 or more5.9% · 325
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Basildon overall: 63.2% owned, 21.2% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright18.3% · 1,012
With mortgage26.3% · 1,459
Shared ownership1.0% · 54
Social rented35.2% · 1,951
Private rented19.0% · 1,052
Lives rent free0.2% · 11
Type of home
Detached house4.3% · 237
Semi-detached house13.7% · 757
Terraced house51.8% · 2,872
Purpose-built flat28.2% · 1,561
Converted house0.8% · 43
Other conversion0.4% · 21
Above shop / office0.8% · 44
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015648- Council
- Basildon Borough Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Basildon Laindon Park and Fryerns, Basildon Pitsea
- Constituency
- Basildon and Billericay
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 14
Council offices in this ward
CThe Resident Involvement TeamCouncil office · SS14 1DLCBasildon Borough CouncilCouncil office · SS14 1DL
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% owned12,663FFryerns13.1% 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% owned13,746
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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.