Elmstead Market & Ardleigh

Tendring · East of England · population 6,446 · 4 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,617 of 6,856 in England
  • #360 of 746 in East of England
  • #2 of 18 in Tendring
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,112
Median age (est.)47
Density112per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above28%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 31%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 7%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 7%Other: 18%
One person 22%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 7%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 20% · Professional 18% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors20%
Professional18%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional13%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 41% · Muslim 1%

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

Elmstead Market & Ardleigh is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,617 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 18 in Tendring. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (76) but weak on Housing & access (20). Typical homes here sold for about £406,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 126 sales), 45% above the wider Tendring median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,241 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 57 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 76 · #1,664
Employment 65 · #2,390
Education 57 · #2,973
Health 47 · #3,604
Crime 66 · #2,342
Housing & access 20 · #5,489
Living environment 50 · #3,460

House prices ?

£406,000median (12m) · +1.5% yr · n=126
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£406,000126+1.5%+5.5%
Detached£450,00079-2.1%+2.9%
Semi-detached£305,00031+4.7%+10.9%
Terraced£307,49514+4.2%+46.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£406,000
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)£43,241±£6,090 · #2,515 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,526
Price-to-income ?9.4×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 ?

47Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 368 offences
Tendring84
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,644 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences178
Theft42
Burglary23
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons25
Drugs5
Robbery1
Other10

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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