Electoral wardE05011940
Dovercourt Bay ward, Tendring
Dovercourt Bay is one of 32 electoral wards of Tendring District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,239 residents in 1,433 households — 3,360 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harwich and North Essex constituency; for county elections it is in the Harwich division.
Residents, 20213,239council ward average 4,634
Households1,4332.26 residents per household
Density3,360/ km²about 0.96 km² · Tendring 441
Aged 65+22.6%Tendring: 29.6% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 174
5–95.8% · 189
10–157.4% · 239
16–194.7% · 151
20–246.4% · 206
25–3411.3% · 366
35–4917.3% · 561
50–6419.2% · 621
65–7411.3% · 365
75–847.5% · 242
85+3.8% · 123
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.9% · 386
1 car or van42.2% · 606
2 cars or vans22.6% · 324
3 or more8.4% · 120
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tendring overall: 71.5% owned, 8.2% social rented, 19.8% private rented.
Owned outright32.1% · 461
With mortgage26.4% · 378
Shared ownership0.4% · 6
Social rented12.6% · 180
Private rented28.5% · 408
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house12.4% · 178
Semi-detached house25.0% · 358
Terraced house33.2% · 476
Purpose-built flat22.8% · 327
Converted house4.9% · 70
Other conversion1.1% · 16
Above shop / office0.5% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011940- Council
- Tendring District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Harwich
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 32
Parishes in the ward
Harwich
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlresford & Elmstead26.5% aged 65+ · 84.6% owned6,986AArdleigh & Little Bromley18.7% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned3,013BBrightlingsea27.9% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned8,680DDovercourt All Saints28.8% aged 65+ · 68.9% owned7,098DDovercourt 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.