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Electoral wardE05002223
Southchurch ward, Southend-on-Sea
Southchurch is one of 17 electoral wards of Southend-on-Sea City Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,151 residents in 4,195 households — 2,182 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southend East and Rochford constituency.
Residents, 202110,151council ward average 10,629
Households4,1952.42 residents per household
Density2,182/ km²about 4.65 km² · Southend-on-Sea 4,336
Aged 65+23.2%Southend-on-Sea: 19.1% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 525
5–96.4% · 647
10–158.2% · 833
16–194.4% · 445
20–244.6% · 468
25–3410.2% · 1,036
35–4917.9% · 1,817
50–6419.9% · 2,021
65–7411.5% · 1,165
75–848.1% · 820
85+3.7% · 374
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.8% · 914
1 car or van41.8% · 1,753
2 cars or vans27.4% · 1,148
3 or more9.1% · 380
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Southend-on-Sea overall: 61.3% owned, 11.5% social rented, 26.5% private rented.
Owned outright38.4% · 1,609
With mortgage25.3% · 1,062
Shared ownership0.5% · 22
Social rented20.0% · 840
Private rented15.6% · 655
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house33.8% · 1,416
Semi-detached house30.9% · 1,296
Terraced house16.1% · 677
Purpose-built flat15.4% · 648
Converted house2.4% · 99
Other conversion0.2% · 8
Above shop / office1.2% · 51
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05002223- Council
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 17
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.