the ward is defined by many different features, the woodgrange estate makes up a large portion of the south of the ward and houses many of its inhabitants. the ward had in 2011 an unemployment rate of 13.5% higher than the southend average of 8.1%. it also had around 35% of home ownership compared to a 65% average in the rest of southend. the health of the inhabitants is also worse than compared to most over residents of southend. the ward is one of the poorer areas of southend.