Electoral wardE05011935
Brightlingsea ward, Tendring
Brightlingsea is one of 32 electoral wards of Tendring District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,680 residents in 3,992 households — 776 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harwich and North Essex constituency; for county elections it is in the Brightlingsea division.
Residents, 20218,680council ward average 4,634
Households3,9922.17 residents per household
Density776/ km²about 11.18 km² · Tendring 441
Aged 65+27.9%Tendring: 29.6% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 367
5–95.1% · 441
10–156.6% · 575
16–193.7% · 323
20–244.5% · 392
25–349.5% · 823
35–4916.6% · 1,437
50–6421.9% · 1,899
65–7414.2% · 1,237
75–8410.1% · 880
85+3.5% · 307
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.8% · 553
1 car or van45.2% · 1,804
2 cars or vans29.0% · 1,157
3 or more12.0% · 481
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tendring overall: 71.5% owned, 8.2% social rented, 19.8% private rented.
Owned outright44.7% · 1,785
With mortgage28.9% · 1,152
Shared ownership0.3% · 13
Social rented5.7% · 226
Private rented20.4% · 813
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house28.2% · 1,125
Semi-detached house39.6% · 1,582
Terraced house15.7% · 629
Purpose-built flat12.4% · 494
Converted house0.7% · 28
Other conversion1.5% · 60
Above shop / office0.8% · 30
Caravan, mobile1.2% · 46
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011935- Council
- Tendring District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Brightlingsea
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 32
Parishes in the ward
Brightlingsea
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlresford & Elmstead26.5% aged 65+ · 84.6% owned6,986AArdleigh & Little Bromley18.7% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned3,013DDovercourt All Saints28.8% aged 65+ · 68.9% owned7,098DDovercourt Bay22.6% aged 65+ · 58.5% owned3,239DDovercourt Tollgate25.9% aged 65+ · 79.5% owned2,742DDovercourt Vines & Parkeston18.7% aged 65+ · 66.9% owned3,025HHarwich & Kingsway17.7% aged 65+ · 44.3% owned3,665LLawford, Manningtree & Mistley23.5% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned8,620SStour Valley28.9% aged 65+ · 82.4% owned3,035
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.