Electoral wardE05002216
Kursaal ward, Southend-on-Sea
Kursaal is one of 17 electoral wards of Southend-on-Sea City Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 12,092 residents in 5,556 households — 9,627 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southend East and Rochford constituency.
Residents, 202112,092council ward average 10,629
Households5,5562.18 residents per household
Density9,627/ km²about 1.26 km² · Southend-on-Sea 4,336
Aged 65+11.6%Southend-on-Sea: 19.1% · under 16: 21.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.3% · 877
5–96.5% · 791
10–157.3% · 881
16–194.3% · 519
20–246.5% · 791
25–3416.7% · 2,024
35–4921.5% · 2,603
50–6418.3% · 2,209
65–746.8% · 819
75–843.6% · 430
85+1.2% · 148
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van39.6% · 2,199
1 car or van43.6% · 2,421
2 cars or vans13.8% · 769
3 or more3.0% · 167
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Southend-on-Sea overall: 61.3% owned, 11.5% social rented, 26.5% private rented.
Owned outright14.1% · 786
With mortgage19.1% · 1,060
Shared ownership1.0% · 54
Social rented24.1% · 1,338
Private rented41.7% · 2,317
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house2.6% · 147
Semi-detached house12.2% · 675
Terraced house17.6% · 976
Purpose-built flat39.5% · 2,194
Converted house25.1% · 1,395
Other conversion1.1% · 59
Above shop / office1.8% · 101
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05002216- Council
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 17
Other wards in the same constituency
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.