Electoral wardE05002224
Thorpe ward, Southend-on-Sea
Thorpe is one of 17 electoral wards of Southend-on-Sea City Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,116 residents in 3,954 households — 3,301 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southend East and Rochford constituency.
Residents, 20219,116council ward average 10,629
Households3,9542.31 residents per household
Density3,301/ km²about 2.76 km² · Southend-on-Sea 4,336
Aged 65+29.3%Southend-on-Sea: 19.1% · under 16: 15.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 389
5–95.2% · 472
10–156.1% · 555
16–193.4% · 311
20–244.1% · 376
25–348.4% · 763
35–4917.2% · 1,572
50–6422.0% · 2,007
65–7414.1% · 1,282
75–8410.4% · 950
85+4.8% · 438
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.5% · 611
1 car or van44.6% · 1,763
2 cars or vans28.9% · 1,144
3 or more11.0% · 436
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Southend-on-Sea overall: 61.3% owned, 11.5% social rented, 26.5% private rented.
Owned outright50.6% · 2,003
With mortgage31.5% · 1,245
Shared ownership0.3% · 13
Social rented1.5% · 59
Private rented16.1% · 636
Type of home
Detached house32.5% · 1,285
Semi-detached house33.8% · 1,337
Terraced house9.6% · 381
Purpose-built flat13.5% · 535
Converted house8.5% · 337
Other conversion0.4% · 14
Above shop / office1.7% · 66
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05002224- Council
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 13 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.