Electoral wardE05004202
Southminster ward, Maldon
Southminster is one of 17 electoral wards of Maldon District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,828 residents in 1,936 households — 183 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Maldon constituency; for county elections it is in the Southminster division.
Residents, 20214,828council ward average 3,894
Households1,9362.49 residents per household
Density183/ km²about 26.35 km² · Maldon 185
Aged 65+20.5%Maldon: 25.0% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 283
5–95.3% · 254
10–156.9% · 331
16–194.8% · 230
20–245.6% · 272
25–3412.7% · 615
35–4916.7% · 807
50–6421.7% · 1,049
65–7411.5% · 553
75–846.2% · 298
85+2.8% · 137
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.9% · 231
1 car or van34.3% · 665
2 cars or vans36.1% · 698
3 or more17.7% · 342
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Maldon overall: 76.2% owned, 11.2% social rented, 11.7% private rented.
Owned outright35.6% · 690
With mortgage36.7% · 711
Shared ownership0.5% · 10
Social rented13.8% · 268
Private rented13.3% · 257
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house37.8% · 731
Semi-detached house37.6% · 727
Terraced house14.0% · 271
Purpose-built flat8.6% · 166
Converted house0.5% · 10
Other conversion0.4% · 7
Above shop / office0.9% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05004202- Council
- Maldon District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Southminster
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 17
Parishes in the ward
Southminster
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlthorne27.2% aged 65+ · 82.5% owned4,337BBurnham-on-Crouch North25.1% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned4,682BBurnham-on-Crouch South27.0% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned4,168HHeybridge East22.7% aged 65+ · 82.3% owned4,098HHeybridge West18.3% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned4,810MMaldon East18.0% aged 65+ · 53.8% owned2,500MMaldon North31.6% aged 65+ · 62.1% owned4,409MMaldon South23.5% aged 65+ · 80.8% owned3,839MMaldon West26.9% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned4,191MMayland24.6% aged 65+ · 84.5% owned4,450PPurleigh24.8% aged 65+ · 84.5% owned3,524TTillingham25.3% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned2,332
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.