Eastwood

Southend-on-Sea · East of England · population 10,645 · 6 LSOAs

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

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,892 of 6,856 in England
  • #528 of 746 in East of England
  • #8 of 17 in Southend-on-Sea
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,586
Median age (est.)43
Density3,598per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above22%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 26%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 14%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 11%Other: 16%
One person 29%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 11%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 12% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 42% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Eastwood is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,892 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 17 in Southend-on-Sea. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (71) and lowest on Education (31). Typical homes here sold for about £337,500 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 123 sales), in line with the wider Southend-on-Sea median of £343,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,616 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 59 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 41 · #4,022
Employment 39 · #4,207
Education 31 · #4,707
Health 40 · #4,084
Crime 44 · #3,803
Housing & access 71 · #1,993
Living environment 53 · #3,234

House prices ?

£337,500median (12m) · +3.8% yr · n=123
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£337,500123+3.8%+12.5%
Detached£422,50022+14.5%+20.7%
Semi-detached£340,00065+3.0%+14.3%
Terraced£322,500300.0%+11.2%
Flat£235,0006+42.4%
This area£337,500
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)£39,616±£5,573 · #3,534 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,792
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

50Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

59 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 625 offences
Southend-on-Sea101
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,775 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences342
Theft79
Burglary25
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons54
Drugs25
Robbery6
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 71 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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