Electoral wardE05015701
Tarpots ward, Castle Point
Tarpots is one of 13 electoral wards of Castle Point Borough Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,127 residents in 2,841 households — 4,714 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Castle Point constituency; for county elections it is in the South Benfleet and Thundersley divisions.
Residents, 20217,127council ward average 6,891
Households2,8412.51 residents per household
Density4,714/ km²about 1.51 km² · Castle Point 2,006
Aged 65+22.0%Castle Point: 25.2% · under 16: 18.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 382
5–96.0% · 431
10–157.5% · 533
16–194.4% · 315
20–245.2% · 373
25–3411.1% · 788
35–4918.5% · 1,319
50–6419.9% · 1,422
65–7410.7% · 766
75–848.4% · 601
85+2.8% · 198
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.0% · 369
1 car or van36.8% · 1,047
2 cars or vans33.2% · 944
3 or more17.0% · 482
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Castle Point overall: 80.0% owned, 5.5% social rented, 14.0% private rented.
Owned outright43.1% · 1,227
With mortgage38.2% · 1,088
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented4.7% · 135
Private rented13.6% · 386
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house35.0% · 992
Semi-detached house46.9% · 1,331
Terraced house4.0% · 114
Purpose-built flat12.4% · 353
Converted house0.6% · 17
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.8% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015701- Council
- Castle Point Borough Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- South Benfleet, Thundersley
- Constituency
- Castle Point
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 2 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 Mary's23.9% aged 65+ · 84.1% owned8,219SSt Michael's29.4% aged 65+ · 89.3% owned4,348TThundersley North28.0% aged 65+ · 87.7% owned7,557TThundersley South22.8% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned5,018
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.