Castle point demographics

• Population change

  Change in the number of people living in an area over time
• In castle point the population was 88,000 in 2011. This increased by 1.8% in 2021 to 89,600.
• The overall increase for England was 6.6%, where the population grew by nearly 3.5 million to 56,489,800.
• Nearby areas such as Thurrock and Basildon


  Have increased by a much larger scale than castle point
• Thurrock have experienced an increase of 11.6% and Basildon with an increase of 7.5%.
• The trend continues to decrease the further out from London the towns are located. With Southend on sea having an increase of 4.1% and Rochford with an increase of 2.8%.
• Castle point is now the ninth most densely populated of East England's local authority areas, out of 45.
• Age change


  Change in the age distribution of the population over time
• In castle point, there has been an increase in ageing population with an increase of 18.9% in people aged 65 years and over, a decrease of 4.6% in people aged 15 to 64 years, and an increase of 3.2% in children aged under 15 years.
• The median age for people living in castle point has increased from 45 to 46 years of age.
• Other demographic changes


  Changes in the characteristics of the population other than population size and age
• Castle point has seen the third largest percent fall in proportion of households (including a couple with no children) from 18.6% in 2011 to 15.6% in 2021.
• In 2011, Castle point residents reported to 27.2% of having no religion which increased to 43.5% in 2021.
• In 2011, Castle point residents say they were born in England which represented 94.9% of its population. In 2021, Castle point residents say they were born in England which represented 94.1% of the population.
• In 2021, 48.1% of residents described their health as very good which increased from 45% in 2011. And those describing their health as good fell from 35.8% to 34.7%.