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St John's ward, Tendring

St John's is one of 32 electoral wards of Tendring District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 6,936 residents in 3,156 households — 4,800 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Clacton constituency; for county elections it is in the Clacton East and Clacton North and Tendring Rural East divisions.

Residents, 20216,936council ward average 4,634
Households3,1562.2 residents per household
Density4,800/ km²about 1.44 km² · Tendring 441
Aged 65+27.7%Tendring: 29.6% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 329
5–95.9% · 408
10–157.1% · 490
16–193.7% · 256
20–244.8% · 334
25–3411.4% · 790
35–4914.4% · 1,001
50–6420.3% · 1,406
65–7414.1% · 975
75–849.7% · 674
85+3.9% · 271

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.4% · 834
1 car or van43.9% · 1,385
2 cars or vans22.0% · 694
3 or more7.7% · 243
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright43.9% · 1,385
With mortgage23.2% · 733
Shared ownership0.4% · 13
Social rented9.1% · 286
Private rented23.3% · 734
Lives rent free0.2% · 5

Type of home

Detached house25.8% · 813
Semi-detached house47.3% · 1,494
Terraced house9.3% · 294
Purpose-built flat14.5% · 458
Converted house2.0% · 64
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.8% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 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.