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Electoral wardE05002228
West Shoebury ward, Southend-on-Sea
West Shoebury is one of 17 electoral wards of Southend-on-Sea City Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,119 residents in 3,926 households — 3,527 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southend East and Rochford constituency.
Residents, 202110,119council ward average 10,629
Households3,9262.58 residents per household
Density3,527/ km²about 2.87 km² · Southend-on-Sea 4,336
Aged 65+20.6%Southend-on-Sea: 19.1% · under 16: 20.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 537
5–96.4% · 652
10–158.3% · 841
16–194.8% · 483
20–245.3% · 537
25–3410.6% · 1,070
35–4918.3% · 1,847
50–6420.5% · 2,072
65–7410.8% · 1,088
75–847.1% · 714
85+2.7% · 278
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.1% · 712
1 car or van41.1% · 1,614
2 cars or vans28.6% · 1,124
3 or more12.1% · 474
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Southend-on-Sea overall: 61.3% owned, 11.5% social rented, 26.5% private rented.
Owned outright37.9% · 1,488
With mortgage31.8% · 1,249
Shared ownership0.4% · 15
Social rented15.5% · 610
Private rented14.3% · 563
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house29.8% · 1,172
Semi-detached house37.2% · 1,460
Terraced house14.6% · 574
Purpose-built flat13.3% · 522
Converted house3.6% · 143
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office1.2% · 46
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05002228- Council
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 12 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.