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Electoral wardE05002227

West Leigh ward, Southend-on-Sea

West Leigh is one of 17 electoral wards of Southend-on-Sea City Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,369 residents in 3,854 households — 3,118 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southend West and Leigh constituency.

Residents, 20219,369council ward average 10,629
Households3,8542.43 residents per household
Density3,118/ km²about 3.00 km² · Southend-on-Sea 4,336
Aged 65+21.9%Southend-on-Sea: 19.1% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.8% · 543
5–96.2% · 580
10–157.5% · 707
16–193.9% · 365
20–244.3% · 402
25–348.7% · 814
35–4921.1% · 1,979
50–6420.5% · 1,921
65–7411.7% · 1,097
75–847.2% · 677
85+3.0% · 282

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.2% · 472
1 car or van45.1% · 1,739
2 cars or vans31.3% · 1,206
3 or more11.3% · 437
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright41.9% · 1,613
With mortgage39.0% · 1,501
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented2.8% · 109
Private rented16.1% · 622

Type of home

Detached house23.5% · 906
Semi-detached house48.5% · 1,868
Terraced house4.7% · 182
Purpose-built flat14.8% · 572
Converted house6.0% · 230
Other conversion0.3% · 12
Above shop / office2.2% · 85
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05002227
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
15 of 17

Parishes in the ward

Leigh-on-Sea

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 Laurence21.4% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned10,581SSt. Luke's14.3% aged 65+ · 63.3% owned11,208WWestborough10.4% 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.