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SS1 postcode area · Southend-on-Sea

The SS1 postcode district spans 6 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Southend-on-Sea. Area Scores range from 4 to 84 across them. Every full SS1 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

There is a sharp split within the SS1 district: Thorpe Bay scores 84 out of 100 (#1,067 of 6,856 nationally) while Kursaal sits at 5 — neighbours on the map, 80 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 1 neighbourhood in the least-deprived third of England and 5 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £225,000 in Kursaal to £485,000 in Thorpe Bay — a 2.2× gap within the SS1 district.

Living here

Typical net household income£39,481a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime157per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)40
Owner-occupied52%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in the SS1 district

£360,000median home sold over the past year · +20.0% over 5 years · +7.0% over the year · 316 sales
Detached£700,000
Semi-detached£488,500
Terraced£309,000
Flat£201,680
Southend-on-Sea£343,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →
NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
Thorpe BaySouthend-on-Sea 1,06784 £485,000
West ShoeburySouthend-on-Sea 4,68732 £375,000
SouthchurchSouthend-on-Sea 5,04326 £452,500
Southend CentralSouthend-on-Sea 5,94813 £235,000
VictoriaSouthend-on-Sea 6,19510 £238,750
KursaalSouthend-on-Sea 6,5385 £225,000

People living in SS1 Census 2021

Residents66,178
Median age (est.)40
Density4,477per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above27%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 33%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 16%Private rent 33%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 36%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 6%Black: 4%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 84%Asian 6%Black 4%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 44% · Christian 42% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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.

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around SS1.

SS3 SS2 SS22 SS0 SS9 SS4 SS99 SS5

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.