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Electoral wardE05015691

Appleton ward, Castle Point

Appleton is one of 13 electoral wards of Castle Point Borough Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,318 residents in 2,481 households — 3,310 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Castle Point constituency; for county elections it is in the South Benfleet division.

Residents, 20216,318council ward average 6,891
Households2,4812.55 residents per household
Density3,310/ km²about 1.91 km² · Castle Point 2,006
Aged 65+24.7%Castle Point: 25.2% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 298
5–94.7% · 298
10–157.1% · 448
16–194.5% · 286
20–245.3% · 336
25–349.9% · 626
35–4917.7% · 1,119
50–6421.3% · 1,347
65–7411.8% · 748
75–849.0% · 570
85+3.9% · 244

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.4% · 259
1 car or van35.8% · 887
2 cars or vans35.7% · 884
3 or more18.1% · 449
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Castle Point overall: 80.0% owned, 5.5% social rented, 14.0% private rented.

Owned outright47.5% · 1,177
With mortgage41.0% · 1,017
Shared ownership0.7% · 18
Social rented1.5% · 36
Private rented9.4% · 232

Type of home

Detached house45.2% · 1,122
Semi-detached house47.5% · 1,181
Terraced house1.5% · 37
Purpose-built flat4.3% · 108
Converted house0.8% · 21
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015691
County council
Essex County Council
County division
South Benfleet
Constituency
Castle Point
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
8 of 13

Other wards in the same constituency

CCanvey Island Central26.6% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned8,250CCanvey Island East26.5% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned6,114CCanvey Island North34.2% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned7,940CCanvey Island South27.2% aged 65+ · 73.0% owned7,645CCanvey Island Winter Gardens14.0% aged 65+ · 65.6% owned8,374HHadleigh St James26.3% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned6,861SSt George's23.8% aged 65+ · 84.8% owned5,811SSt Mary's23.9% aged 65+ · 84.1% owned8,219SSt Michael's29.4% aged 65+ · 89.3% owned4,348TTarpots22.0% aged 65+ · 81.3% owned7,127TThundersley North28.0% aged 65+ · 87.7% owned7,557TThundersley South22.8% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned5,018

All 13 wards of Castle Point

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