Electoral wardE05016313
Grays Town ward, Thurrock
Grays Town is one of 20 electoral wards of Thurrock Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 11,990 residents in 4,372 households — 5,598 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202111,990council ward average 8,800
Households4,3722.74 residents per household
Density5,598/ km²about 2.14 km² · Thurrock 1,074
Aged 65+14.4%Thurrock: 13.6% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 751
5–96.4% · 768
10–157.7% · 919
16–194.4% · 530
20–246.0% · 715
25–3415.4% · 1,843
35–4921.8% · 2,610
50–6417.8% · 2,136
65–747.7% · 926
75–844.4% · 531
85+2.2% · 264
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.8% · 995
1 car or van42.5% · 1,859
2 cars or vans25.5% · 1,114
3 or more9.3% · 405
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Thurrock overall: 63.3% owned, 17.7% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright23.1% · 1,011
With mortgage32.4% · 1,417
Shared ownership0.6% · 28
Social rented17.0% · 743
Private rented26.8% · 1,173
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house9.7% · 423
Semi-detached house35.7% · 1,561
Terraced house31.3% · 1,369
Purpose-built flat18.7% · 816
Converted house2.6% · 114
Other conversion0.5% · 23
Above shop / office1.4% · 63
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016313- Council
- Thurrock Council
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 20
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.