Clacton East

Tendring · East of England · population 8,195 · 5 LSOAs

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

11Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,092 of 6,856 in England
  • #717 of 746 in East of England
  • #14 of 18 in Tendring
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,246
Median age (est.)51
Density3,144per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above19%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 19%45–64 25%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 8%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 12%Other: 19%
One person 37%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 12%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 16% · Skilled trades 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure16%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary12%
Professional12%
Managers & directors10%
Associate professional9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 45% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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 East is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,092 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 18 in Tendring. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (34) and lowest on Education (9). Typical homes here sold for about £234,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 106 sales), 16% below the wider Tendring median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,066 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 110 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 19 · #5,551
Employment 11 · #6,099
Education 9 · #6,250
Health 10 · #6,202
Crime 14 · #5,907
Housing & access 31 · #4,721
Living environment 34 · #4,516

House prices ?

£234,000median (12m) · +1.3% yr · n=106
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£234,000106+1.3%+17.0%
Detached£349,75038-10.9%+6.0%
Semi-detached£241,25024+9.7%+19.6%
Terraced£208,75010-4.7%+31.1%
Flat£146,00034+5.0%+8.1%
This area£234,000
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)£34,066±£5,132 · #5,318 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,403
Price-to-income ?6.9×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

25Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

110 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 904 offences
Tendring84
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,223 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences472
Theft92
Burglary32
Vehicle crime68
Criminal damage & arson93
Public order & weapons73
Drugs38
Robbery8
Other28

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 104 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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