Castle Point   Listed below is a selection of interesting and frequently requested indicators from the 2001 Census, based on data released on or before 13 February 2003. You can see other indicators and more detail for local areas in the Neighbourhood Statistics area of this website. Further data from the Census, including data for smaller geographical areas, will be released on a rolling basis. Population            Value   Total number of people 86608      Males 42319      Females 44289      Aged 0 to 15 16703      Aged 16 to 74 63207      Aged 75 and over 6698       Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Percentage change since 1991 -0.3%   2.5%   297 43 Density           Number of people per hectare 19.2   3.4   95 9 People, Places and Families     Marital status (all people aged 16 and over) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Single people (never married) 24.1%   30.1%   287 32 Married or re-married people 57.9%   50.9%   63 13 Separated or divorced 9.3%   10.6%   325 41 Widowed 8.7%   8.4%   158 10   Transport (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Households without car/van 17.7%   26.8%   256 22 Household with 1 car or van 42.8%   43.8%   266 28 Household with 2 or more cars/vans 39.5%   29.4%   98 22   Composition (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 One person households 25.6%   30.0%   321 38 Married couple households 43.9%   36.5%   51 10 Cohabiting couple households 7.5%   8.3%   292 44 Lone parent households:      with dependent children 4.8%   6.5%   259 27      with non-dependent children only 2.8%   3.1%   193 17 All other households 15.3%   15.6%   183 24 Ethnicity and Religion     Ethnic Group (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 White 98.2%   91.3%   159 16    Largest minority ethnic group(s) Indian (0.3%)   Place of birth (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Born in UK 97.2%   91.1%   73 2 Born elsewhere in EU (inc Rep Ireland) 1.2%   2.3%   291 46 Born outside EU 1.7%   6.6%   300 47   Religion (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Christian 75.7%   71.7%   177 14 Buddhist 0.1%   0.3%   311 47 Hindu 0.2%   1.1%   169 29 Jewish 0.2%   0.5%   89 18 Muslim 0.3%   3.0%   234 32 Sikh 0.1%   0.6%   226 30 Other 0.3%   0.3%   149 19 No religion 15.5%   14.8%   151 30 Religion not stated 7.6%   7.7%   162 26 Health     (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Limiting long-term illness 17.1%   18.2%   214 13 General health 'not good' 8.2%   9.2%   219 13 People providing unpaid care 10.4%   10.0%   162 10 Providing unpaid care 50 or more hrs/wk 2.2%   2.1%   139 7 Work     Status (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Employed 63.1%   60.6%   170 35 Unemployed 2.4%   3.4%   245 20 Long-term unemployed 0.7%   1.0%   226 18 Student (economically active) 2.0%   2.6%   264 34 Retired 16.0%   13.6%   88 13 Student (economically inactive) 2.3%   4.7%   359 41 Looking after home/family 7.7%   6.5%   28 4 Permanently sick or disabled 4.2%   5.5%   231 17 Other inactive 2.3%   3.1%   267 27   Travel to work (all people aged 16-74 in employment) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Travel to work by car 64.4%   61.5%   226 29 Travel to work by public transport 18.8%   14.5%   52 6   Qualifications (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Qualifications at degree level or higher 8.9%   19.8%   374 48 No qualifications 33.2%   29.1%   88 10 Housing     (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Number of households with residents 35279   -   280 35 Number of people per hectare 19.2   3.4   95 9 Average household size 2.44   2.36   59 9 Vacant household spaces 1.4%   3.2%   373 48 Owner-occupied 88.5%   68.9%   1 1 Without central heating 3.2%   8.5%   341 42 Without own bath/shower & toilet 0.2%   0.5%   294 36 Overcrowding indicator 3.9%   7.0 %   249 31

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