Electoral wardE05010846
Hawkwell East ward, Rochford
Hawkwell East is one of 13 electoral wards of Rochford District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,910 residents in 2,573 households — 5,375 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rayleigh and Wickford constituency; for county elections it is in the Rochford North division.
Residents, 20215,910council ward average 6,589
Households2,5732.3 residents per household
Density5,375/ km²about 1.10 km² · Rochford 513
Aged 65+23.6%Rochford: 23.4% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 265
5–95.3% · 311
10–156.5% · 385
16–193.7% · 216
20–245.4% · 322
25–3410.8% · 639
35–4918.1% · 1,067
50–6422.1% · 1,309
65–7412.3% · 728
75–848.2% · 484
85+3.1% · 184
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.4% · 345
1 car or van37.0% · 952
2 cars or vans34.3% · 883
3 or more15.2% · 392
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rochford overall: 80.7% owned, 8.1% social rented, 10.7% private rented.
Owned outright43.7% · 1,123
With mortgage37.5% · 963
Shared ownership0.3% · 7
Social rented4.9% · 126
Private rented13.7% · 352
Type of home
Detached house31.4% · 809
Semi-detached house43.9% · 1,131
Terraced house6.8% · 175
Purpose-built flat16.6% · 428
Converted house0.5% · 13
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.5% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010846- Council
- Rochford District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Rochford North
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 13
Parishes in the ward
AshingdonHawkwell
Other wards in the same constituency
DDownhall and Rawreth18.0% aged 65+ · 82.3% owned6,592HHawkwell West22.0% aged 65+ · 90.1% owned6,518HHockley24.1% aged 65+ · 82.1% owned6,509HHockley and Ashingdon25.9% aged 65+ · 90.1% owned6,248HHullbridge32.5% aged 65+ · 89.2% owned6,593LLodge24.9% aged 65+ · 86.4% owned6,651SSweyne Park and Grange18.4% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned6,762TTrinity27.1% aged 65+ · 88.3% owned6,952WWheatley27.0% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned6,536
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.