Housing in SS15 6SD
What the homes in SS15 6SD are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Laindon West & Southfields
- Council
- Basildon
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,444 (2024)
SS15 6SDBasildon
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (39.7%). Flats make up 14.5%, well below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
67.7% of households in the SS15 6SD area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 12.5% of households, well below the England figure of 20.5%. 41.3% own outright and 26.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned67.7%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.1%1%
- Private rented12.5%20.5%
- Social rented17.9%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.8%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 33.5% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (17.9%). 23.1% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Basildon
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Basildon (August 2026, +5.4% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around SS15 6SD (Laindon West & Southfields) (about 1,444 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.