Electoral wardE05011963
West Clacton & Jaywick Sands ward, Tendring
West Clacton & Jaywick Sands is one of 32 electoral wards of Tendring District Council, in Essex (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,310 residents in 2,918 households — 1,094 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Clacton constituency; for county elections it is in the Clacton West division.
Residents, 20215,310council ward average 4,634
Households2,9181.82 residents per household
Density1,094/ km²about 4.85 km² · Tendring 441
Aged 65+37.9%Tendring: 29.6% · under 16: 10.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.3% · 173
5–93.5% · 187
10–154.0% · 214
16–192.7% · 142
20–244.1% · 215
25–347.5% · 399
35–4912.7% · 676
50–6424.3% · 1,290
65–7418.7% · 991
75–8414.3% · 758
85+5.0% · 263
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van33.0% · 963
1 car or van44.9% · 1,309
2 cars or vans16.7% · 487
3 or more5.4% · 158
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tendring overall: 71.5% owned, 8.2% social rented, 19.8% private rented.
Owned outright53.2% · 1,551
With mortgage12.4% · 361
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented2.8% · 83
Private rented31.5% · 918
Type of home
Detached house70.6% · 2,060
Semi-detached house17.8% · 519
Terraced house1.9% · 56
Purpose-built flat5.8% · 169
Converted house0.4% · 11
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.6% · 18
Caravan, mobile2.8% · 82
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011963- Council
- Tendring District Council
- County council
- Essex County Council
- County division
- Clacton West
- Constituency
- Clacton
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 32
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.