Brightlingsea & Point Clear

Tendring · East of England · population 9,083 · 5 LSOAs

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

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,598 of 6,856 in England
  • #614 of 746 in East of England
  • #8 of 18 in Tendring
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,905
Median age (est.)51
Density921per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above23%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 29%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 5%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 35%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 16% · Professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional12%
Elementary9%
Administrative9%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 46% · Other 1%

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

Brightlingsea & Point Clear is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,598 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 18 in Tendring. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (51) and lowest on Housing & access (12). Typical homes here sold for about £265,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 131 sales), 5% below the wider Tendring median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,766 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 61 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 50 · #3,426
Employment 40 · #4,145
Education 21 · #5,393
Health 33 · #4,611
Crime 51 · #3,357
Housing & access 12 · #6,051
Living environment 34 · #4,550

House prices ?

£265,000median (12m) · -2.8% yr · n=131
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£265,000131-2.8%+8.2%
Detached£330,00031-6.4%+1.5%
Semi-detached£275,00059+3.2%+22.2%
Terraced£220,00026-4.3%0.0%
Flat£165,00015+9.3%-15.9%
This area£265,000
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)£37,766±£5,404 · #4,123 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,322
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 ?

54Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

61 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 556 offences
Tendring84
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,948 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences330
Theft69
Burglary14
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons38
Drugs15
Robbery3
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 49 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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