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Stour Valley ward, Tendring

Stour Valley is one of 32 electoral wards of Tendring District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,035 residents in 1,241 households — 111 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harwich and North Essex constituency; for county elections it is in the Tendring Rural East and Tendring Rural West divisions.

Residents, 20213,035council ward average 4,634
Households1,2412.45 residents per household
Density111/ km²about 27.34 km² · Tendring 441
Aged 65+28.9%Tendring: 29.6% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.8% · 116
5–95.4% · 164
10–156.7% · 203
16–194.8% · 146
20–244.7% · 142
25–346.1% · 185
35–4916.9% · 513
50–6422.7% · 689
65–7415.9% · 484
75–849.6% · 292
85+3.3% · 101

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.2% · 102
1 car or van35.0% · 434
2 cars or vans36.3% · 450
3 or more20.5% · 255
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright51.4% · 638
With mortgage30.9% · 384
Social rented8.7% · 108
Private rented8.9% · 111

Type of home

Detached house61.2% · 757
Semi-detached house25.0% · 309
Terraced house8.3% · 103
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 55
Converted house0.6% · 8
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 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.