West Shoebury

Southend-on-Sea · East of England · population 10,018 · 7 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,687 of 6,856 in England
  • #626 of 746 in East of England
  • #12 of 17 in Southend-on-Sea
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,118
Median age (est.)43
Density3,527per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above25%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 22%45–64 27%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 16%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 13%Other: 18%
One person 24%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 13%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional14%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 4%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 4%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 45% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

West Shoebury is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,687 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 17 in Southend-on-Sea. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (63) and lowest on Education (26). Typical homes here sold for about £375,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 99 sales), 9% above the wider Southend-on-Sea median of £343,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,120 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 65 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 31 · #4,714
Employment 29 · #4,865
Education 26 · #5,036
Health 41 · #4,049
Crime 45 · #3,782
Housing & access 50 · #3,432
Living environment 63 · #2,534

House prices ?

£375,000median (12m) · -2.6% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£375,00099-2.6%+13.8%
Detached£680,00031+12.5%+17.2%
Semi-detached£360,00038-5.6%+14.3%
Terraced£315,00018-12.5%+19.5%
Flat£223,87512+2.9%+29.8%
This area£375,000
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)£45,120±£6,395 · #2,045 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,630
Price-to-income ?8.3×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 ?

31Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

65 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 653 offences
Southend-on-Sea101
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,230 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences387
Theft70
Burglary23
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson53
Public order & weapons44
Drugs22
Robbery5
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 79 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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