City Profile • Local Authority
Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea is a local authority district comprising 6 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £385k, reflecting a upward trend of 2.4% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 96 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Population Trajectory
Annual residents (1991 – 2022)
180,915
Residents (2022)
Constituent Districts
6 AreasPopulation Composition
Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Southend-on-Sea authority according to the Census 2021.
Top Ethnicities
White: English81.6%
White: Other White4.8%
African2.0%
Indian1.6%
Other Asian1.4%
Pakistani1.0%
Age Profile
50-54 years6.9%
55-59 years6.9%
45-49 years6.8%
35-39 years6.8%
40-44 years6.7%
30-34 years6.6%
Top Occupations
Professional19.1%
Associate professional14.2%
Managers and directors12.9%
Administrative and secretarial11.1%
Skilled trades9.9%
Caring and leisure9.8%
Housing Tenure
Owned: Outright31.6%
Owned: Mortgage29.7%
Private rented: Landlord24.4%
Social rented: Council6.2%
Social rented: Other5.3%
Private rented: Other2.1%
Area DNA
family2/10
health10/10
safety3/10
homeown3/10
transit10/10
affluence6/10
diversity6/10
employment3/10
investment9/10