Benfleet North

Castle Point · East of England · population 7,944 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

72Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,911 of 6,856 in England
  • #251 of 746 in East of England
  • #5 of 12 in Castle Point
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,826
Median age (est.)43
Density6,058per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above19%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 25%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 4%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 10%Other: 19%
One person 24%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 10%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 14% · Administrative 14%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades14%
Administrative14%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 45% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Benfleet North is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,911 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 12 in Castle Point. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (73) and lowest on Education (37). Typical homes here sold for about £368,500 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 112 sales), in line with the wider Castle Point median of £365,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,501 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 73 · #1,835
Employment 66 · #2,301
Education 37 · #4,289
Health 68 · #2,164
Crime 67 · #2,247
Housing & access 65 · #2,404
Living environment 57 · #2,946

House prices ?

£368,500median (12m) · +1.0% yr · n=112
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£368,500112+1.0%+16.6%
Detached£430,00017+13.5%+3.4%
Semi-detached£375,00072+2.7%+17.2%
Terraced£335,0008-4.3%+8.1%
Flat£248,00015+36.3%+32.3%
This area£368,500
Castle Point£365,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£42,501±£6,029 · #2,708 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,975
Price-to-income ?8.7×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 289 offences
Castle Point53
East of England70
England83

Rank #948 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences106
Theft58
Burglary17
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons26
Drugs10
Robbery3
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 32 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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