Chalkwell

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Chalkwell is an area in in the Southend-on-Sea borough and unitary district in Essex, England. It forms part of the built-up area of Southend-on-Sea and is included in the Westcliff-on-Sea post town.

The Crow Stone which stands on the mud opposite the end of Chalkwell Avenue marks the limit of the Port of London Authority's jurisdiction. It was erected in 1837 and replaced a smaller stone, dating from 1755. The older stone was removed to Priory Park in Southend where it remains today. It is the line between the Crow Stone and the London Stone, Yantlet Creek, known as the Yantlet Line, which is used as the eastern boundary of the jurisdiction of the Port of London Authority.

Chalkwell railway station is located here.

[edit] Demography

Chalkwell compared
2001 UK Census	Chalkwell ward	Southend-on-Sea UA	England
Population	9,207	160,257	49,138,831
Foreign born	8.9%	6.0%	9.2%
White	94.6%	95.8%	90.9%
Asian	2.7%	2.2%	4.6%
Black	1.1%	0.7%	2.3%
Christian	63.4%	68.7%	71.7%
Muslim	2.0%	1.2%	3.1%
Hindu	0.8%	0.6%	1.1%
No religion	17.6%	18.8%	14.6%
Unemployed	4.2%	3.7%	3.3%
Retired	11.2%	14.8%	13.5%

As of the 2001 UK census, the Chalkwell electoral ward had a population of 9,207. The ethnicity was 94.6% white, 1.2% mixed race, 2.7% Asian, 1.1% black and 0.4% other. The place of birth of residents was 91.1% United Kingdom, 1.3% Republic of Ireland, 1.6% other Western European countries, and 6.0% elsewhere. Religion was recorded as 63.4% Christian, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.8% Hindu, 0% Sikh, 6.7% Jewish, and 2% Muslim. 17.6% were recorded as having no religion, 0.5% had an alternative religion and 8.7% did not state their religion.^[1]

The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 41.5% in full-time employment, 10.2% in part-time employment, 11.4% self-employed, 4.2% unemployed, 2.1% students with jobs, 3.6% students without jobs, 11.2% retired, 6.7% looking after home or family, 5.9% permanently sick or disabled and 3.2% economically inactive for other reasons. The industry of employment of residents was 13.2% retail, 8.8% manufacturing, 5% construction, 15.8% real estate, 11.3% health and social work, 9.3% education, 6% transport and communications, 5.4% public administration, 4.2% hotels and restaurants, 14.3% finance, 0.3% agriculture and 6.4% other. Compared with national figures, the ward had a relatively high proportion of workers in finance and education. Of the ward's residents aged 16–74, 21.9% had a higher education qualification or the equivalent, compared with 19.9% nationwide. According to Office for National Statistics estimates, during the period of April 2004 to March 2005 the average gross weekly income of households was £670, compared with an average of £650 in South East England.^[1]