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Frinton ward, Tendring

Frinton is one of 32 electoral wards of Tendring District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,519 residents in 2,846 households — 2,049 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Clacton constituency; for county elections it is in the Frinton and Walton division.

Residents, 20215,519council ward average 4,634
Households2,8461.94 residents per household
Density2,049/ km²about 2.69 km² · Tendring 441
Aged 65+46.7%Tendring: 29.6% · under 16: 10.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.1% · 173
5–93.0% · 165
10–154.6% · 253
16–192.7% · 149
20–242.6% · 146
25–344.8% · 264
35–4910.4% · 574
50–6422.1% · 1,219
65–7422.1% · 1,219
75–8417.2% · 947
85+7.4% · 408

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.6% · 557
1 car or van49.7% · 1,414
2 cars or vans23.1% · 658
3 or more7.6% · 217
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright63.0% · 1,792
With mortgage15.9% · 451
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented3.0% · 84
Private rented17.9% · 509

Type of home

Detached house45.2% · 1,285
Semi-detached house25.9% · 737
Terraced house4.2% · 120
Purpose-built flat17.5% · 498
Converted house1.8% · 51
Other conversion2.6% · 74
Above shop / office2.8% · 79
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 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.