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Electoral wardE05002226

Westborough ward, Southend-on-Sea

Westborough is one of 17 electoral wards of Southend-on-Sea City Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 11,284 residents in 4,628 households — 12,299 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Southend West and Leigh constituency.

Residents, 202111,284council ward average 10,629
Households4,6282.44 residents per household
Density12,299/ km²about 0.92 km² · Southend-on-Sea 4,336
Aged 65+10.4%Southend-on-Sea: 19.1% · under 16: 22.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.1% · 796
5–97.2% · 808
10–158.1% · 910
16–194.1% · 459
20–245.6% · 631
25–3415.7% · 1,776
35–4923.9% · 2,699
50–6418.0% · 2,035
65–746.3% · 714
75–843.1% · 347
85+1.0% · 110

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van28.3% · 1,311
1 car or van47.3% · 2,188
2 cars or vans19.9% · 919
3 or more4.5% · 210
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright22.1% · 1,025
With mortgage35.1% · 1,624
Shared ownership0.3% · 13
Social rented2.1% · 97
Private rented40.4% · 1,868
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house5.9% · 275
Semi-detached house15.3% · 709
Terraced house33.5% · 1,552
Purpose-built flat13.8% · 640
Converted house28.8% · 1,335
Other conversion0.7% · 31
Above shop / office1.8% · 84
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05002226
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
1 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 Laurence21.4% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned10,581SSt. Luke's14.3% aged 65+ · 63.3% owned11,208WWest Leigh21.9% aged 65+ · 80.8% owned9,369

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.