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Harwich & Kingsway ward, Tendring

Harwich & Kingsway is one of 32 electoral wards of Tendring District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,665 residents in 1,812 households — 3,756 people per km², the 15th 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, 20213,665council ward average 4,634
Households1,8122.02 residents per household
Density3,756/ km²about 0.98 km² · Tendring 441
Aged 65+17.7%Tendring: 29.6% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.8% · 214
5–96.1% · 222
10–156.9% · 252
16–194.2% · 155
20–247.0% · 258
25–3414.0% · 512
35–4916.6% · 608
50–6421.7% · 795
65–7410.3% · 376
75–845.8% · 211
85+1.6% · 60

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van35.1% · 636
1 car or van44.3% · 803
2 cars or vans15.5% · 281
3 or more5.1% · 92
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright26.7% · 484
With mortgage17.6% · 318
Shared ownership0.3% · 6
Social rented13.3% · 241
Private rented41.9% · 758
Lives rent free0.2% · 4

Type of home

Detached house6.4% · 117
Semi-detached house15.5% · 282
Terraced house37.5% · 680
Purpose-built flat24.4% · 442
Converted house8.2% · 148
Other conversion4.0% · 72
Above shop / office4.0% · 72
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.