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Electoral wardE05015703
Thundersley South ward, Castle Point
Thundersley South is one of 13 electoral wards of Castle Point Borough Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,018 residents in 2,004 households — 3,889 people per km², the 12th 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 and Thundersley divisions.
Residents, 20215,018council ward average 6,891
Households2,0042.5 residents per household
Density3,889/ km²about 1.29 km² · Castle Point 2,006
Aged 65+22.8%Castle Point: 25.2% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 222
5–96.3% · 318
10–157.5% · 377
16–195.0% · 250
20–244.8% · 239
25–3410.8% · 540
35–4918.8% · 945
50–6419.6% · 983
65–7410.6% · 531
75–848.1% · 406
85+4.1% · 204
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.3% · 267
1 car or van36.9% · 739
2 cars or vans35.8% · 717
3 or more14.0% · 280
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Castle Point overall: 80.0% owned, 5.5% social rented, 14.0% private rented.
Owned outright38.5% · 772
With mortgage36.7% · 736
Shared ownership1.5% · 31
Social rented11.9% · 238
Private rented11.4% · 228
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house33.8% · 678
Semi-detached house37.8% · 758
Terraced house12.8% · 257
Purpose-built flat10.3% · 206
Converted house0.3% · 7
Other conversion0.3% · 6
Above shop / office0.7% · 15
Caravan, mobile3.8% · 77
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015703- Council
- Castle Point Borough Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Hadleigh, South Benfleet, Thundersley
- Constituency
- Castle Point
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 13
Council offices in this ward
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% owned4,348TTarpots22.0% aged 65+ · 81.3% owned7,127TThundersley North28.0% aged 65+ · 87.7% owned7,557
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.