New Thundersley

Castle Point · East of England · population 7,984 · 5 LSOAs

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

77Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,547 of 6,856 in England
  • #208 of 746 in East of England
  • #4 of 12 in Castle Point
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,950
Median age (est.)47
Density1,371per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above22%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 3%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 9%Other: 20%
One person 26%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 9%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Administrative13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 42% · 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

New Thundersley is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,547 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 12 in Castle Point. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (81) and lowest on Housing & access (36). Typical homes here sold for about £395,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 110 sales), 8% above the wider Castle Point median of £365,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,967 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 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 81 · #1,280
Employment 75 · #1,691
Education 54 · #3,145
Health 70 · #2,089
Crime 69 · #2,096
Housing & access 36 · #4,365
Living environment 67 · #2,281

House prices ?

£395,000median (12m) · +5.3% yr · n=110
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£395,000110+5.3%+12.9%
Detached£582,50034+5.9%+15.3%
Semi-detached£367,50060+0.7%+17.6%
Terraced£347,0009+6.7%+13.8%
Flat£212,5007-3.0%-8.6%
This area£395,000
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)£41,967±£5,942 · #2,860 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,453
Price-to-income ?9.4×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 ?

60Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 377 offences
Castle Point53
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,880 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences167
Theft77
Burglary28
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons39
Drugs19
Robbery3
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 22 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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