Clacton Bocking's Elm

Tendring · East of England · population 9,167 · 5 LSOAs

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

20Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,448 of 6,856 in England
  • #678 of 746 in East of England
  • #10 of 18 in Tendring
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,036
Median age (est.)47
Density1,652per km²
No qualifications30%
Degree or above15%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 25%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 9%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 12%Other: 20%
One person 29%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 12%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 15% · Caring & leisure 14% · Sales & customer service 11%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Caring & leisure14%
Sales & customer service11%
Associate professional11%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors10%
Process & plant10%
Administrative9%
Professional9%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 46% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Clacton Bocking's Elm is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,448 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 18 in Tendring. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (89) but weak on Education (7). Typical homes here sold for about £255,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 134 sales), 9% below the wider Tendring median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,350 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 62 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 30 · #4,831
Employment 18 · #5,585
Education 7 · #6,387
Health 18 · #5,647
Crime 37 · #4,317
Housing & access 19 · #5,537
Living environment 89 · #766

House prices ?

£255,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=134
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£255,0001340.0%+14.5%
Detached£316,75058+5.6%+29.3%
Semi-detached£225,50054-0.1%+15.6%
Terraced£214,00020-2.7%+9.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£255,000
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)£36,350±£5,297 · #4,581 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,980
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 ?

38Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 572 offences
Tendring84
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,032 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences318
Theft71
Burglary21
Vehicle crime41
Criminal damage & arson46
Public order & weapons45
Drugs11
Robbery3
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 29 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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