Electoral wardE05011959
The Oakleys & Wix ward, Tendring
The Oakleys & Wix is one of 32 electoral wards of Tendring District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,046 residents in 1,247 households — 98 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Clacton constituency; for county elections it is in the Tendring Rural East and Tendring Rural West divisions.
Residents, 20213,046council ward average 4,634
Households1,2472.44 residents per household
Density98/ km²about 31.02 km² · Tendring 441
Aged 65+25.0%Tendring: 29.6% · under 16: 15.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 136
5–95.2% · 159
10–156.1% · 185
16–194.7% · 142
20–244.2% · 128
25–348.8% · 268
35–4917.0% · 517
50–6424.6% · 748
65–7413.3% · 404
75–848.5% · 258
85+3.3% · 99
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.9% · 99
1 car or van33.3% · 415
2 cars or vans36.3% · 453
3 or more22.5% · 281
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tendring overall: 71.5% owned, 8.2% social rented, 19.8% private rented.
Owned outright48.5% · 606
With mortgage33.6% · 420
Shared ownership0.3% · 4
Social rented6.4% · 80
Private rented11.0% · 138
Lives rent free0.2% · 2
Type of home
Detached house51.6% · 645
Semi-detached house35.6% · 445
Terraced house8.5% · 106
Purpose-built flat4.1% · 51
Converted house0.2% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011959- Council
- Tendring District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Tendring Rural East, Tendring Rural West
- Constituency
- Clacton
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 31 of 32
Parishes in the ward
Great OakleyLittle OakleyWix
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.