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Electoral wardE05002219

Prittlewell ward, Southend-on-Sea

Prittlewell is one of 17 electoral wards of Southend-on-Sea City Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,687 residents in 4,443 households — 4,302 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southend West and Leigh constituency.

Residents, 202110,687council ward average 10,629
Households4,4432.41 residents per household
Density4,302/ km²about 2.48 km² · Southend-on-Sea 4,336
Aged 65+20.4%Southend-on-Sea: 19.1% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 595
5–96.0% · 642
10–158.1% · 866
16–194.1% · 439
20–245.2% · 557
25–3411.2% · 1,197
35–4919.6% · 2,095
50–6419.8% · 2,116
65–7410.4% · 1,113
75–847.0% · 744
85+3.0% · 324

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.1% · 980
1 car or van43.0% · 1,908
2 cars or vans26.0% · 1,156
3 or more8.9% · 396
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.2% · 1,563
With mortgage33.3% · 1,482
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented9.6% · 426
Private rented21.7% · 966
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house17.3% · 769
Semi-detached house48.6% · 2,158
Terraced house8.4% · 373
Purpose-built flat18.2% · 809
Converted house5.9% · 261
Other conversion0.5% · 22
Above shop / office1.1% · 49
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05002219
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
8 of 17

Other wards in the same constituency

BBelfairs28.8% aged 65+ · 76.4% owned9,442BBlenheim 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% owned9,891SSt 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.