Belfairs

Southend-on-Sea · East of England · population 9,395 · 6 LSOAs

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

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,452 of 6,856 in England
  • #330 of 746 in East of England
  • #5 of 17 in Southend-on-Sea
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,444
Median age (est.)49
Density3,581per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above24%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 26%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 10%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 10%Other: 19%
One person 32%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 10%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 41% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Belfairs is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,452 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 17 in Southend-on-Sea. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (62) and lowest on Health (49). Typical homes here sold for about £386,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 139 sales), 13% above the wider Southend-on-Sea median of £343,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,495 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 62 · #2,596
Employment 56 · #2,987
Education 55 · #3,097
Health 49 · #3,480
Crime 60 · #2,706
Housing & access 59 · #2,802
Living environment 54 · #3,124

House prices ?

£386,000median (12m) · +2.9% yr · n=139
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£386,000139+2.9%+8.0%
Detached£490,00035+3.2%+4.3%
Semi-detached£410,00061+2.5%+12.3%
Terraced£330,00019+3.8%+10.0%
Flat£212,50024-5.1%-4.5%
This area£386,000
Southend-on-Sea£343,000
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)£39,495±£5,611 · #3,567 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,615
Price-to-income ?9.8×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 ?

53Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 342 offences
Southend-on-Sea101
East of England70
England83

Rank #943 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences157
Theft53
Burglary31
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons30
Drugs8
Robbery2
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 24 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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