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Electoral wardE05002212

Belfairs ward, Southend-on-Sea

Belfairs is one of 17 electoral wards of Southend-on-Sea City Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,442 residents in 4,201 households — 3,581 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southend West and Leigh constituency.

Residents, 20219,442council ward average 10,629
Households4,2012.25 residents per household
Density3,581/ km²about 2.64 km² · Southend-on-Sea 4,336
Aged 65+28.8%Southend-on-Sea: 19.1% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 398
5–95.2% · 487
10–156.8% · 644
16–193.9% · 368
20–243.9% · 371
25–349.5% · 899
35–4917.5% · 1,650
50–6420.2% · 1,905
65–7414.0% · 1,325
75–8410.3% · 969
85+4.6% · 430

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.3% · 725
1 car or van43.3% · 1,817
2 cars or vans29.2% · 1,226
3 or more10.3% · 433
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Southend-on-Sea overall: 61.3% owned, 11.5% social rented, 26.5% private rented.

Owned outright45.4% · 1,909
With mortgage31.0% · 1,302
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented9.8% · 410
Private rented13.5% · 568
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house23.5% · 988
Semi-detached house47.8% · 2,010
Terraced house12.6% · 528
Purpose-built flat12.8% · 540
Converted house1.9% · 81
Other conversion0.3% · 12
Above shop / office1.0% · 44
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05002212
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
11 of 17

Parishes in the ward

Leigh-on-Sea

Other wards in the same constituency

BBlenheim Park19.4% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned10,994CChalkwell21.8% aged 65+ · 58.6% owned9,926EEastwood Park27.5% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned9,451LLeigh17.3% aged 65+ · 66.4% owned9,891PPrittlewell20.4% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned10,687SSt Laurence21.4% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned10,581SSt. Luke's14.3% aged 65+ · 63.3% owned11,208WWest Leigh21.9% aged 65+ · 80.8% owned9,369WWestborough10.4% aged 65+ · 57.2% owned11,284

All 17 wards of Southend-on-Sea

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.