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Electoral wardE05015695

Canvey Island South ward, Castle Point

Canvey Island South is one of 13 electoral wards of Castle Point Borough Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,645 residents in 3,319 households — 3,593 people per km², the 5th 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 and Canvey Island West divisions.

Residents, 20217,645council ward average 6,891
Households3,3192.3 residents per household
Density3,593/ km²about 2.13 km² · Castle Point 2,006
Aged 65+27.2%Castle Point: 25.2% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 382
5–94.9% · 376
10–156.3% · 483
16–193.9% · 301
20–244.4% · 339
25–349.9% · 761
35–4915.9% · 1,219
50–6422.3% · 1,709
65–7415.3% · 1,174
75–849.6% · 733
85+2.3% · 174

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.8% · 589
1 car or van41.2% · 1,366
2 cars or vans27.9% · 927
3 or more13.1% · 435
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.5% · 1,477
With mortgage28.4% · 943
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented5.1% · 168
Private rented21.8% · 722
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house52.5% · 1,743
Semi-detached house21.7% · 720
Terraced house1.8% · 60
Purpose-built flat10.3% · 342
Converted house0.5% · 15
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office1.8% · 61
Caravan, mobile11.3% · 374
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015695
County council
Essex County Council
County division
Canvey Island East, Canvey Island West
Constituency
Castle Point
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
6 of 13

Parishes in the ward

Canvey Island

Other wards in the same constituency

AAppleton24.7% aged 65+ · 88.5% owned6,318CCanvey 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 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.