Electoral wardE05015650
Wickford Park ward, Basildon
Wickford Park is one of 14 electoral wards of Basildon Borough Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 11,791 residents in 4,796 households — 2,251 people per km², the 14th 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, 202111,791council ward average 13,398
Households4,7962.46 residents per household
Density2,251/ km²about 5.24 km² · Basildon 1,705
Aged 65+12.6%Basildon: 17.0% · under 16: 21.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 816
5–96.4% · 753
10–157.9% · 932
16–194.4% · 516
20–245.1% · 599
25–3415.5% · 1,827
35–4922.1% · 2,611
50–6419.1% · 2,247
65–747.5% · 882
75–844.1% · 483
85+1.0% · 123
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.6% · 506
1 car or van42.4% · 2,033
2 cars or vans34.9% · 1,674
3 or more12.1% · 582
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Basildon overall: 63.2% owned, 21.2% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright29.0% · 1,391
With mortgage42.6% · 2,044
Shared ownership1.4% · 69
Social rented8.2% · 393
Private rented18.7% · 895
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house29.4% · 1,409
Semi-detached house30.6% · 1,466
Terraced house25.3% · 1,213
Purpose-built flat12.6% · 604
Converted house0.8% · 38
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.7% · 33
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 29
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015650- 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
- 10 of 14
Parishes in the ward
Wickford
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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.