Electoral wardE05015649
Wickford North ward, Basildon
Wickford North is one of 14 electoral wards of Basildon Borough Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 13,331 residents in 5,498 households — 2,860 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rayleigh and Wickford constituency; for county elections it is in the Wickford Crouch division.
Residents, 202113,331council ward average 13,398
Households5,4982.42 residents per household
Density2,860/ km²about 4.66 km² · Basildon 1,705
Aged 65+21.8%Basildon: 17.0% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 673
5–96.0% · 794
10–156.8% · 902
16–193.7% · 493
20–245.0% · 669
25–3412.7% · 1,696
35–4918.5% · 2,471
50–6420.5% · 2,732
65–7410.8% · 1,435
75–847.5% · 1,006
85+3.5% · 470
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.5% · 741
1 car or van39.5% · 2,172
2 cars or vans32.9% · 1,810
3 or more14.1% · 777
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Basildon overall: 63.2% owned, 21.2% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright40.0% · 2,197
With mortgage37.2% · 2,043
Shared ownership0.6% · 31
Social rented9.6% · 527
Private rented12.7% · 700
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house27.7% · 1,521
Semi-detached house44.4% · 2,441
Terraced house14.3% · 787
Purpose-built flat11.9% · 656
Converted house0.9% · 48
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.5% · 28
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015649- Council
- Basildon Borough Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Wickford Crouch
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 14
Parishes in the ward
ShotgateWickford
Other wards in the same constituency
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.