Jaywick & St Osyth

Tendring · East of England · population 8,434 · 5 LSOAs

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

2Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,737 of 6,856 in England
  • #743 of 746 in East of England
  • #17 of 18 in Tendring
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,238
Median age (est.)57
Density265per km²
No qualifications38%
Degree or above15%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 29%65+ 36%

Tenure

Own outright: 51%Mortgage/shared: 16%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 51%Mortgage/shared 16%Social rent 6%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 45%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 13%Lone parent: 10%Other: 19%
One person 45%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 13%Lone parent 10%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Caring & leisure16%
Elementary12%
Managers & directors12%
Professional10%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%
Associate professional8%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Jaywick & St Osyth is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,737 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #17 of 18 in Tendring. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (9) and lowest on Employment (1). Typical homes here sold for about £205,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 129 sales), 27% below the wider Tendring median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,224 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 141 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 9 · #6,209
Employment 1 · #6,798
Education 1 · #6,791
Health 3 · #6,627
Crime 3 · #6,661
Housing & access 8 · #6,318
Living environment 8 · #6,291

House prices ?

£205,000median (12m) · +3.8% yr · n=129
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£205,000129+3.8%+20.2%
Detached£170,00078+12.8%+18.9%
Semi-detached£235,00037-1.7%+21.4%
Terraced£154,0008-20.5%-48.2%
Flat£115,5006+32.0%
This area£205,000
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)£28,224±£4,223 · #6,652 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,945
Price-to-income ?7.3×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

4Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

141 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,186 offences
Tendring84
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,809 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences680
Theft114
Burglary37
Vehicle crime64
Criminal damage & arson111
Public order & weapons102
Drugs38
Robbery9
Other31

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 113 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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