Electoral wardE05011958
The Bentleys & Frating ward, Tendring
The Bentleys & Frating is one of 32 electoral wards of Tendring District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,432 residents in 1,418 households — 130 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Clacton constituency; for county elections it is in the Brightlingsea and Tendring Rural West divisions.
Residents, 20213,432council ward average 4,634
Households1,4182.42 residents per household
Density130/ km²about 26.36 km² · Tendring 441
Aged 65+24.2%Tendring: 29.6% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 166
5–95.2% · 180
10–157.2% · 246
16–194.1% · 141
20–244.2% · 145
25–349.2% · 315
35–4918.5% · 634
50–6422.6% · 776
65–7413.8% · 473
75–847.9% · 271
85+2.5% · 85
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.5% · 120
1 car or van34.0% · 482
2 cars or vans39.8% · 565
3 or more17.8% · 252
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tendring overall: 71.5% owned, 8.2% social rented, 19.8% private rented.
Owned outright48.2% · 684
With mortgage34.9% · 495
Shared ownership1.1% · 15
Social rented5.9% · 84
Private rented9.9% · 140
Type of home
Detached house53.9% · 764
Semi-detached house32.4% · 460
Terraced house7.0% · 99
Purpose-built flat2.0% · 29
Converted house0.4% · 6
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.4% · 6
Caravan, mobile3.7% · 53
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011958- Council
- Tendring District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Brightlingsea, Tendring Rural West
- Constituency
- Clacton
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 28 of 32
Parishes in the ward
FratingGreat BentleyLittle Bentley
Council offices in this ward
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 James28.4% aged 65+ · 59.8% owned7,318SSt John's27.7% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned6,936
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.