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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004590

Jaywick & St Osyth

Jaywick & St Osyth is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,238 residents in Tendring. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,238

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,321

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

265.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

66.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

14.8%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Mablethorpe, East Lindsey8,452 residents · 66.4% owned · 21.5% no carIngoldmells & Chapel St Leonards, East Lindsey7,006 residents · 68.6% owned · 21.0% no carSkegness South, East Lindsey7,026 residents · 47.7% owned · 31.3% no carSutton-on-Sea, East Lindsey6,244 residents · 77.1% owned · 17.7% no carHorden, County Durham5,549 residents · 50.9% owned · 38.8% no carBlackhall, County Durham5,944 residents · 61.3% owned · 28.9% no car

Most similar within Tendring

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Clacton North, Tendring6,972 residents · 81.1% owned · 17.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Jaywick & St Osyth

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned66.6%
2,879 households
Private rented27.5%
1,187 households
Social rented5.6%
240 households
Shared ownership0.3%
13 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
Jaywick & St Osyth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached58.3%
2,521 households
Semi-detached26.8%
1,157 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.9%
257 households
Terraced4.1%
178 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure3.7%
162 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
22 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
16 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
9 households
Jaywick & St Osyth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.9%
1,940 households
No cars or vans in household27.8%
1,200 households
2 cars or vans in household18.9%
817 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.4%
363 households
Jaywick & St Osyth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms49.7%
2,147 households
3 bedrooms26.4%
1,139 households
1 bedroom13.4%
578 households
4 or more bedrooms10.6%
456 households
Jaywick & St Osyth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household50%
2,163 households
One-person household44.8%
1,938 households
Other household types5.1%
222 households
Jaywick & St Osyth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household44.9%
1,938 households
2 people in household35.4%
1,530 households
3 people in household9.8%
424 households
4 people in household6.6%
286 households
5 people in household2.2%
95 households
6 people in household0.8%
33 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Jaywick & St Osyth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1510.8%
892 residents
15–2911.6%
959 residents
30–4412.5%
1,032 residents
45–6429.2%
2,402 residents
65 and over35.8%
2,953 residents
Jaywick & St Osyth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.2%
8,012 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
125 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
54 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
25 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
23 residents
Jaywick & St Osyth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications38.2%
2,780 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above14.8%
1,079 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.5%
912 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.4%
904 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.7%
854 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.6%
482 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.6%
264 residents aged 16 and over
Jaywick & St Osyth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive61.4%
4,468 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)37.9%
2,756 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student0.6%
47 residents aged 16 and over
Jaywick & St Osyth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L12 Semi-routine occupations17.1%
1,241 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed16.9%
1,227 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.3%
1,186 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.7%
997 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.2%
889 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.3%
675 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.7%
489 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.9%
358 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students2.9%
212 residents aged 16 and over
Jaywick & St Osyth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Good health35%
2,885 residents
Very good health29.5%
2,429 residents
Fair health22.4%
1,842 residents
Bad health10%
824 residents
Very bad health3.1%
257 residents
Jaywick & St Osyth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act67.5%
5,561 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act32.5%
2,677 residents
Jaywick & St Osyth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension37.8%
1,633 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions27.1%
1,170 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension25.1%
1,086 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.3%
403 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
28 households
Jaywick & St Osyth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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