Harwich Town & Dovercourt

Tendring · East of England · population 6,449 · 4 LSOAs

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

6Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,469 of 6,856 in England
  • #734 of 746 in East of England
  • #15 of 18 in Tendring
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,418
Median age (est.)43
Density3,643per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above20%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 12%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 36%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 13%Private rent 36%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 14%Other: 13%
One person 42%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 14%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure16%
Elementary13%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors11%
Process & plant11%
Professional10%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 42% · Other 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

Harwich Town & Dovercourt is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,469 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 18 in Tendring. Its seven theme scores are unusually even, all clustered near 8 out of 100. Typical homes here, about £201,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 34% in five years (from 96 sales), 28% below the wider Tendring median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,510 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 121 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 12 · #6,030
Employment 7 · #6,401
Education 5 · #6,510
Health 11 · #6,085
Crime 7 · #6,366
Housing & access 10 · #6,188
Living environment 12 · #6,030

House prices ?

£201,500median (12m) · +0.8% yr · n=96
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£201,50096+0.8%+34.3%
Detached£302,50014-23.4%
Semi-detached£255,00017+9.7%-0.4%
Terraced£188,00049-2.3%+16.6%
Flat£99,50016-21.8%-20.4%
This area£201,500
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)£33,510±£4,792 · #5,495 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,049
Price-to-income ?6.0×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 ?

15Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

121 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 783 offences
Tendring84
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,488 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences419
Theft165
Burglary15
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson79
Public order & weapons56
Drugs10
Robbery2
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 77 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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