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Canvey Island North ward, Castle Point

Canvey Island North is one of 13 electoral wards of Castle Point Borough Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,940 residents in 3,721 households — 3,798 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Castle Point constituency; for county elections it is in the Canvey Island East division.

Residents, 20217,940council ward average 6,891
Households3,7212.13 residents per household
Density3,798/ km²about 2.09 km² · Castle Point 2,006
Aged 65+34.2%Castle Point: 25.2% · under 16: 13.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.7% · 295
5–94.3% · 342
10–155.4% · 430
16–193.5% · 274
20–244.9% · 386
25–3410.2% · 813
35–4914.3% · 1,135
50–6419.5% · 1,548
65–7417.1% · 1,356
75–8413.1% · 1,038
85+4.0% · 316

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.5% · 726
1 car or van44.2% · 1,645
2 cars or vans25.0% · 931
3 or more11.2% · 416
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright55.0% · 2,045
With mortgage28.3% · 1,054
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented2.8% · 105
Private rented13.6% · 506
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house54.6% · 2,031
Semi-detached house20.0% · 745
Terraced house4.9% · 181
Purpose-built flat3.1% · 115
Converted house0.2% · 7
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.6% · 24
Caravan, mobile16.6% · 618
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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.