Alresford, Great Bentley & Thorrington

Tendring · East of England · population 9,062 · 4 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,569 of 6,856 in England
  • #350 of 746 in East of England
  • #1 of 18 in Tendring
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,504
Median age (est.)49
Density220per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above25%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 28%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 51%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 51%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 4%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 24%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Skilled trades 15% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Skilled trades15%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional13%
Administrative12%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 43% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Alresford, Great Bentley & Thorrington is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,569 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 18 in Tendring. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (80) but weak on Housing & access (16). Typical homes here sold for about £369,950 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 157 sales), 32% above the wider Tendring median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,053 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 41 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 74 · #1,760
Employment 64 · #2,432
Education 51 · #3,364
Health 45 · #3,796
Crime 80 · #1,383
Housing & access 16 · #5,777
Living environment 73 · #1,876

House prices ?

£369,950median (12m) · -2.6% yr · n=157
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£369,950157-2.6%+9.6%
Detached£450,00089-2.7%+20.0%
Semi-detached£325,000600.0%+16.1%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Flat£96,2005-28.2%
This area£369,950
Tendring£280,000
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)£42,053±£5,939 · #2,835 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,144
Price-to-income ?8.8×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 ?

58Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

41 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 372 offences
Tendring84
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,333 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences196
Theft48
Burglary13
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons45
Drugs15
Robbery0
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 33 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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