Frinton West & Kirby

Tendring · East of England · population 12,611 · 8 LSOAs

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

42Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,953 of 6,856 in England
  • #535 of 746 in East of England
  • #4 of 18 in Tendring
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,286
Median age (est.)59
Density677per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above20%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 8%25–44 14%45–64 26%65+ 41%

Tenure

Own outright: 59%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 59%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 5%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 7%Other: 26%
One person 33%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 7%Other 26%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 15% · Professional 15% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Professional15%
Managers & directors14%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional11%
Administrative11%
Sales & customer service9%
Elementary9%
Process & plant6%

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 58% · No religion 35% · Muslim 0%

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

Frinton West & Kirby is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,953 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 18 in Tendring. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (88) but weak on Education (17). Typical homes here sold for about £315,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 257 sales), 12% above the wider Tendring median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,185 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 55 · #3,083
Employment 38 · #4,241
Education 17 · #5,695
Health 34 · #4,516
Crime 75 · #1,719
Housing & access 22 · #5,379
Living environment 88 · #807

House prices ?

£315,000median (12m) · -9.0% yr · n=257
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£315,000257-9.0%+12.5%
Detached£370,000157-2.6%+11.8%
Semi-detached£260,00069-8.8%+13.0%
Terraced£244,50016-0.2%-11.5%
Flat£120,00015+3.2%0.0%
This area£315,000
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)£35,185±£5,070 · #4,968 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,716
Price-to-income ?9.0×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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 453 offences
Tendring84
East of England70
England83

Rank #901 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences250
Theft55
Burglary16
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons44
Drugs7
Robbery2
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 38 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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