Electoral wardE05011953
St James ward, Tendring
St James is one of 32 electoral wards of Tendring District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,318 residents in 3,335 households — 3,051 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Clacton constituency; for county elections it is in the Clacton North and Clacton West divisions.
Residents, 20217,318council ward average 4,634
Households3,3352.19 residents per household
Density3,051/ km²about 2.40 km² · Tendring 441
Aged 65+28.4%Tendring: 29.6% · under 16: 15.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 344
5–95.0% · 367
10–155.9% · 430
16–194.3% · 313
20–245.6% · 413
25–3410.6% · 779
35–4913.5% · 986
50–6422.0% · 1,608
65–7412.9% · 944
75–849.9% · 721
85+5.6% · 413
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van33.7% · 1,123
1 car or van41.8% · 1,394
2 cars or vans17.0% · 567
3 or more7.5% · 251
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tendring overall: 71.5% owned, 8.2% social rented, 19.8% private rented.
Owned outright41.6% · 1,389
With mortgage18.2% · 606
Shared ownership0.4% · 14
Social rented8.9% · 296
Private rented30.9% · 1,030
Type of home
Detached house26.9% · 898
Semi-detached house24.2% · 808
Terraced house9.8% · 326
Purpose-built flat26.1% · 869
Converted house9.5% · 318
Other conversion1.2% · 41
Above shop / office2.2% · 73
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011953- Council
- Tendring District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Clacton North, Clacton West
- Constituency
- Clacton
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 32
Council offices in this ward
CEducation Welfare ServiceCouncil office · CO15 1JDTTendring District Council OfficesTown hall · CO15 1NJ
Other wards in the same constituency
BBluehouse22.3% aged 65+ · 55.6% owned5,840BBurrsville36.9% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned5,153CCann Hall24.3% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned6,145CCoppins19.7% aged 65+ · 56.8% owned7,288EEastcliff42.0% aged 65+ · 83.4% owned2,884FFrinton46.7% aged 65+ · 78.8% owned5,519HHomelands48.0% aged 65+ · 68.0% owned3,489KKirby Cross30.9% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned3,402KKirby-le-Soken & Hamford38.3% aged 65+ · 83.0% owned3,388LLittle Clacton34.6% aged 65+ · 88.2% owned3,067PPier23.1% aged 65+ · 40.1% owned2,590SSt Bartholomew's47.2% aged 65+ · 85.3% owned5,822SSt John's27.7% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned6,936SSt Osyth33.8% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned5,172
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.