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Bluehouse ward, Tendring

Bluehouse is one of 32 electoral wards of Tendring District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,840 residents in 2,574 households — 2,618 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Clacton constituency; for county elections it is in the Clacton North and Clacton West divisions.

Residents, 20215,840council ward average 4,634
Households2,5742.27 residents per household
Density2,618/ km²about 2.23 km² · Tendring 441
Aged 65+22.3%Tendring: 29.6% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 354
5–96.9% · 405
10–157.4% · 432
16–194.5% · 263
20–245.3% · 307
25–3412.3% · 718
35–4915.4% · 897
50–6420.0% · 1,166
65–7411.9% · 698
75–847.9% · 460
85+2.4% · 142

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.4% · 655
1 car or van45.5% · 1,172
2 cars or vans21.0% · 540
3 or more8.0% · 207
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Tendring overall: 71.5% owned, 8.2% social rented, 19.8% private rented.

Owned outright35.3% · 908
With mortgage20.3% · 522
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented28.9% · 743
Private rented15.2% · 392
Lives rent free0.2% · 4

Type of home

Detached house31.7% · 815
Semi-detached house33.4% · 860
Terraced house12.9% · 332
Purpose-built flat21.2% · 545
Converted house0.4% · 11
Above shop / office0.4% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.