Clacton West

Tendring · East of England · population 7,483 · 5 LSOAs

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

13Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,989 of 6,856 in England
  • #712 of 746 in East of England
  • #13 of 18 in Tendring
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,414
Median age (est.)48
Density2,964per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above16%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 26%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 7%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 14%Other: 17%
One person 35%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 14%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 17% · Skilled trades 15% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure17%
Skilled trades15%
Elementary12%
Sales & customer service11%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative10%
Professional9%
Process & plant8%
Associate professional8%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 45% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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 West is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,989 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 18 in Tendring. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (50) and lowest on Education (5). Typical homes here sold for about £229,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 102 sales), 18% below the wider Tendring median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,564 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 119 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 21 · #5,434
Employment 12 · #5,996
Education 5 · #6,538
Health 11 · #6,072
Crime 18 · #5,619
Housing & access 30 · #4,790
Living environment 50 · #3,439

House prices ?

£229,000median (12m) · +2.9% yr · n=102
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£229,000102+2.9%+17.4%
Detached£327,50033+4.8%+17.0%
Semi-detached£240,00029-6.4%+23.9%
Terraced£185,00013-13.1%+11.4%
Flat£140,00027+28.4%+12.0%
This area£229,000
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)£34,564±£4,953 · #5,169 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,059
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

28Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

119 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 889 offences
Tendring84
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,426 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences435
Theft149
Burglary14
Vehicle crime46
Criminal damage & arson90
Public order & weapons78
Drugs36
Robbery9
Other32

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 59 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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