Chalkwell

Southend-on-Sea · East of England · population 9,888 · 6 LSOAs

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

44Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,844 of 6,856 in England
  • #520 of 746 in East of England
  • #7 of 17 in Southend-on-Sea
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,923
Median age (est.)45
Density6,139per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above34%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 27%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 36%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 5%Private rent 36%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 8%Other: 13%
One person 41%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 8%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional16%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure8%
Skilled trades8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 4%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 4%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 42% · Jewish 4%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Chalkwell is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,844 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 17 in Southend-on-Sea. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (86) but weak on Living environment (14). Typical homes here sold for about £316,250 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 126 sales), 8% below the wider Southend-on-Sea median of £343,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,037 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 140 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 49 · #3,487
Employment 41 · #4,029
Education 64 · #2,480
Health 42 · #3,953
Crime 27 · #5,002
Housing & access 86 · #965
Living environment 14 · #5,928

House prices ?

£316,250median (12m) · +0.4% yr · n=126
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£316,250126+0.4%-1.2%
Detached£1,000,00025-1.0%+26.6%
Semi-detached£690,00017-2.8%+29.9%
Terraced£560,00010+17.8%+36.6%
Flat£235,00074-11.3%0.0%
This area£316,250
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)£45,037±£6,446 · #2,069 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,232
Price-to-income ?7.0×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

55Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

140 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,379 offences
Southend-on-Sea101
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,790 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences408
Theft647
Burglary23
Vehicle crime79
Criminal damage & arson84
Public order & weapons74
Drugs34
Robbery11
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 97 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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