Place:Castle Point District, Essex, England

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NameCastle Point District
TypeDistrict municipality
Coordinates51.54°N 0.58°E
Located inEssex, England     (1974 - )
See alsoBenfleet, Essex, Englandurban district from which Castle Point was formed in 1974
Canvey Island, Essex, Englandurban district from which Castle Point was formed in 1974
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Castle Point is a local government District with Borough status in south Essex, centred 29.8 miles (48 km) from London. The Borough comprises the towns and villages of Canvey Island, Hadleigh, South Benfleet, and Thundersley, the site of the council headquarters.

The population of the borough, according to the UK census of 2001, was 86,608. A 2007 estimate was 89,200. The density, based on the 2001 census figure, was 1,921.2/km2 (4,976/sq mi).

The national land use survey carried out for the following census in 2005 by the Office for National Statistics showed over 50% (27.070 square kilometres (10 sq mi)) of the borough to be within its non-gardens definition of green space: here a mixture of agricultural fields, natural marshland and sports grounds/courses and to have the second lowest area in England covered by non-domestic buildings: 0.55 square kilometres (0.21 sq mi). More than one fifth of the area, 9.6 square kilometres (3.7 sq mi), was made up by the second-highest category of use: gardens. The district ranked 295th in area of the 325 districts in England in area. The district relies heavily on other parts of Essex including factories and ports in Tilbury, the large town of Southend-on-Sea and on Central London for its largest sources of employment. As it has areas of seaside resort the median age of residents was in 2011 greater than the national average: 7% of its residents were aged 75 to 84 compared with 5.5% nationally.

History

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Benfleet Urban District and the Canvey Island Urban District. The name of the new district contains references to the principal landmarks of the two combined urban districts: Hadleigh Castle and Canvey Point. The district was granted borough status in 1992.

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