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Electoral wardE05002214

Chalkwell ward, Southend-on-Sea

Chalkwell is one of 17 electoral wards of Southend-on-Sea City Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,926 residents in 4,472 households — 6,140 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southend West and Leigh constituency.

Residents, 20219,926council ward average 10,629
Households4,4722.22 residents per household
Density6,140/ km²about 1.62 km² · Southend-on-Sea 4,336
Aged 65+21.8%Southend-on-Sea: 19.1% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 492
5–95.1% · 510
10–156.1% · 607
16–192.9% · 289
20–244.4% · 435
25–3413.1% · 1,304
35–4921.7% · 2,158
50–6419.8% · 1,963
65–7410.7% · 1,061
75–846.6% · 655
85+4.5% · 449

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.6% · 1,145
1 car or van45.5% · 2,033
2 cars or vans22.6% · 1,012
3 or more6.3% · 281
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright30.0% · 1,341
With mortgage28.6% · 1,280
Shared ownership0.6% · 25
Social rented4.8% · 216
Private rented36.0% · 1,608
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house19.7% · 879
Semi-detached house13.8% · 616
Terraced house5.7% · 256
Purpose-built flat27.2% · 1,214
Converted house30.4% · 1,361
Other conversion1.8% · 81
Above shop / office1.4% · 61
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05002214
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
6 of 17

Other wards in the same constituency

BBelfairs28.8% aged 65+ · 76.4% owned9,442BBlenheim Park19.4% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned10,994EEastwood 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.