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Electoral wardE05002220

St Laurence ward, Southend-on-Sea

St Laurence is one of 17 electoral wards of Southend-on-Sea City Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,581 residents in 4,480 households — 3,597 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southend West and Leigh constituency.

Residents, 202110,581council ward average 10,629
Households4,4802.36 residents per household
Density3,597/ km²about 2.94 km² · Southend-on-Sea 4,336
Aged 65+21.4%Southend-on-Sea: 19.1% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 606
5–95.9% · 626
10–157.4% · 784
16–193.7% · 391
20–244.7% · 495
25–3412.2% · 1,287
35–4919.2% · 2,027
50–6419.9% · 2,103
65–7411.4% · 1,207
75–847.3% · 774
85+2.6% · 280

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.8% · 797
1 car or van42.4% · 1,899
2 cars or vans29.8% · 1,337
3 or more10.0% · 447
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright37.4% · 1,676
With mortgage33.5% · 1,502
Shared ownership0.9% · 39
Social rented13.5% · 605
Private rented14.6% · 655
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house17.1% · 766
Semi-detached house52.2% · 2,337
Terraced house15.7% · 705
Purpose-built flat13.1% · 587
Converted house1.3% · 59
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.4% · 19
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05002220
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
10 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% owned9,891PPrittlewell20.4% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned10,687SSt. 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.