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Electoral wardE05015699

St Mary's ward, Castle Point

St Mary's is one of 13 electoral wards of Castle Point Borough Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,219 residents in 3,401 households — 1,465 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Castle Point constituency; for county elections it is in the Hadleigh and South Benfleet divisions.

Residents, 20218,219council ward average 6,891
Households3,4012.42 residents per household
Density1,465/ km²about 5.61 km² · Castle Point 2,006
Aged 65+23.9%Castle Point: 25.2% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 370
5–95.2% · 431
10–156.8% · 557
16–193.7% · 301
20–245.1% · 415
25–3411.5% · 941
35–4917.8% · 1,460
50–6421.6% · 1,778
65–7412.3% · 1,007
75–848.5% · 695
85+3.2% · 261

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.6% · 428
1 car or van38.8% · 1,319
2 cars or vans32.5% · 1,106
3 or more16.1% · 546
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright46.2% · 1,571
With mortgage37.9% · 1,289
Shared ownership0.1% · 5
Social rented3.2% · 109
Private rented12.5% · 425
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house41.1% · 1,401
Semi-detached house42.2% · 1,438
Terraced house4.3% · 147
Purpose-built flat8.8% · 299
Converted house1.4% · 47
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office1.7% · 59
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015699
County council
Essex County Council
County division
Hadleigh, South Benfleet
Constituency
Castle Point
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
10 of 13

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