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Electoral wardE05015692

Canvey Island Central ward, Castle Point

Canvey Island Central is one of 13 electoral wards of Castle Point Borough Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,250 residents in 3,491 households — 844 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Castle Point constituency; for county elections it is in the Canvey Island West division.

Residents, 20218,250council ward average 6,891
Households3,4912.36 residents per household
Density844/ km²about 9.77 km² · Castle Point 2,006
Aged 65+26.6%Castle Point: 25.2% · under 16: 16.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 368
5–95.0% · 413
10–156.6% · 548
16–193.7% · 309
20–245.5% · 458
25–3411.5% · 947
35–4915.9% · 1,316
50–6420.6% · 1,698
65–7414.1% · 1,165
75–849.2% · 763
85+3.3% · 270

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.6% · 649
1 car or van40.7% · 1,421
2 cars or vans27.5% · 960
3 or more13.2% · 462
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.5% · 1,483
With mortgage31.4% · 1,097
Shared ownership0.4% · 14
Social rented11.3% · 395
Private rented14.2% · 496
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house42.7% · 1,490
Semi-detached house38.8% · 1,353
Terraced house12.0% · 419
Purpose-built flat4.3% · 151
Converted house0.7% · 24
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Caravan, mobile1.2% · 42
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015692
County council
Essex County Council
County division
Canvey Island West
Constituency
Castle Point
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
13 of 13

Parishes in the ward

Canvey Island

Other wards in the same constituency

AAppleton24.7% aged 65+ · 88.5% owned6,318CCanvey 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.