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Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston ward, Tendring

Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston is one of 32 electoral wards of Tendring District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,025 residents in 1,268 households — 1,357 people per km², the 26th 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 and Tendring Rural East divisions.

Residents, 20213,025council ward average 4,634
Households1,2682.39 residents per household
Density1,357/ km²about 2.23 km² · Tendring 441
Aged 65+18.7%Tendring: 29.6% · under 16: 21.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.0% · 212
5–97.1% · 216
10–157.3% · 222
16–194.5% · 137
20–245.8% · 175
25–3413.2% · 400
35–4917.5% · 531
50–6418.8% · 569
65–7410.6% · 322
75–846.0% · 181
85+2.1% · 64

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.1% · 267
1 car or van44.5% · 564
2 cars or vans26.5% · 336
3 or more8.0% · 101
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.9% · 430
With mortgage33.0% · 418
Shared ownership0.6% · 7
Social rented9.5% · 121
Private rented23.0% · 292

Type of home

Detached house16.9% · 214
Semi-detached house43.8% · 555
Terraced house29.8% · 377
Purpose-built flat8.4% · 106
Converted house0.5% · 6
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 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.