TENNYSON AVENUE, SS2 5HD House Prices & Local Information

SS2 5HD is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Tennyson Avenue, 0.7km from Porters Town in Southend-on-Sea. Administratively it sits within Victoria ward and the Rochford and Southend East constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, SS2 5HD is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. An average age of 40 puts this squarely in mixed-family territory — professional couples, school-age children households, and established residents all sharing the streets. 63% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 22% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 55 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: Average house prices are around £302k, down 13.4% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for SS2 5HD are sourced from Output Area E00080378 (shared with 5 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.