Electoral wardE05010828
Castle ward, Colchester
Castle is one of 17 electoral wards of Colchester City Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 11,314 residents in 5,556 households — 3,229 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Colchester constituency; for county elections it is in the Abbey and Parsons Heath and East Gates divisions.
Residents, 202111,314council ward average 11,336
Households5,5562.04 residents per household
Density3,229/ km²about 3.50 km² · Colchester 587
Aged 65+16.3%Colchester: 17.8% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 649
5–94.8% · 542
10–155.7% · 640
16–193.1% · 349
20–246.6% · 745
25–3420.4% · 2,308
35–4921.8% · 2,467
50–6415.6% · 1,768
65–747.7% · 874
75–845.4% · 612
85+3.2% · 360
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van34.3% · 1,904
1 car or van47.9% · 2,662
2 cars or vans14.7% · 818
3 or more3.1% · 172
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Colchester overall: 64.6% owned, 13.3% social rented, 21.5% private rented.
Owned outright23.5% · 1,305
With mortgage22.4% · 1,245
Shared ownership0.5% · 28
Social rented11.1% · 616
Private rented42.4% · 2,355
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house9.1% · 505
Semi-detached house19.1% · 1,061
Terraced house23.1% · 1,282
Purpose-built flat40.0% · 2,222
Converted house2.5% · 138
Other conversion4.2% · 233
Above shop / office1.9% · 108
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010828- Council
- Colchester City Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Abbey, Parsons Heath and East Gates
- Constituency
- Colchester
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 17
Other wards in the same constituency
BBerechurch13.7% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned11,235GGreenstead12.8% aged 65+ · 36.6% owned14,671HHighwoods11.3% aged 65+ · 58.3% owned10,502LLexden and Braiswick23.8% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned9,609MMile End8.2% aged 65+ · 60.1% owned14,233NNew Town and Christ Church10.4% aged 65+ · 53.5% owned14,672PPrettygate24.9% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned10,444SShrub End9.6% aged 65+ · 46.7% owned12,438SSt Anne's and St John's23.7% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned10,792
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.