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Kirby Cross ward, Tendring

Kirby Cross is one of 32 electoral wards of Tendring District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,402 residents in 1,472 households — 1,068 people per km², the 19th 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, 20213,402council ward average 4,634
Households1,4722.31 residents per household
Density1,068/ km²about 3.19 km² · Tendring 441
Aged 65+30.9%Tendring: 29.6% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 151
5–95.2% · 177
10–156.9% · 234
16–193.5% · 119
20–244.3% · 145
25–349.5% · 324
35–4913.9% · 473
50–6421.4% · 727
65–7417.3% · 588
75–8410.3% · 351
85+3.3% · 113

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.5% · 184
1 car or van43.4% · 640
2 cars or vans31.1% · 458
3 or more13.0% · 191
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright53.0% · 781
With mortgage27.5% · 405
Shared ownership1.4% · 21
Social rented3.5% · 52
Private rented14.6% · 215

Type of home

Detached house54.0% · 796
Semi-detached house38.2% · 562
Terraced house3.9% · 58
Purpose-built flat2.9% · 43
Converted house0.4% · 6
Above shop / office0.5% · 8
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.