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Dovercourt Tollgate ward, Tendring

Dovercourt Tollgate is one of 32 electoral wards of Tendring District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 2,742 residents in 1,125 households — 2,190 people per km², the 30th 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, 20212,742council ward average 4,634
Households1,1252.44 residents per household
Density2,190/ km²about 1.25 km² · Tendring 441
Aged 65+25.9%Tendring: 29.6% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 119
5–96.0% · 165
10–157.7% · 211
16–194.8% · 132
20–244.5% · 122
25–3410.3% · 281
35–4916.2% · 445
50–6420.3% · 555
65–7412.9% · 354
75–849.4% · 258
85+3.6% · 98

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.9% · 168
1 car or van40.2% · 453
2 cars or vans32.2% · 363
3 or more12.6% · 142
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright47.5% · 534
With mortgage32.0% · 360
Shared ownership0.6% · 7
Social rented5.3% · 60
Private rented14.4% · 162
Lives rent free0.2% · 2

Type of home

Detached house40.8% · 459
Semi-detached house44.8% · 505
Terraced house12.0% · 135
Purpose-built flat1.2% · 14
Converted house0.4% · 4
Other conversion0.4% · 5
Above shop / office0.2% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 2
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.