Southend-on-Sea postcode area Census 2021

90.0% people are white, 3.7% people are asian, 3.0% people are black.
45.5% are Christian, 44.7% have no religion, 5.5% provided no answer.
41.6% households have 1 car, 28.0% households have 2 cars, 19.4% households have no car.

Southend on Sea population ethnic group

Ethnicity Share: Southend-on-Sea postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Ethnicity	Southend-on-Sea postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	3.7%	9.3%
Black	3.0%	4.0%
Mixed	2.4%	2.9%
Other	0.8%	2.1%
White	90.0%	81.7%

Southend on Sea population health

Health Quality Share: Southend-on-Sea postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Health	Southend-on-Sea postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
very good	47.1%	48.4%
good	34.6%	33.6%
average	13.1%	12.7%
poor	4.0%	4.0%
very poor	1.2%	1.2%

Southend on Sea population religion

Religion Share: Southend-on-Sea postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Religion	Southend-on-Sea postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.4%	0.5%
Christian	45.5%	46.2%
Hindu	0.9%	1.7%
Jewish	0.6%	0.5%
Muslim	1.8%	6.5%
No answer	5.5%	6.0%
No religion	44.7%	37.2%
Other	0.1%	0.9%
Sikh	0.5%	0.6%

Southend on Sea population economic activity

Economic Activity Share: Southend-on-Sea postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Economic activity	Southend-on-Sea postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	46.4%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.4%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	8.6%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.2%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	5.1%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	6.7%	7.3%
Retired	23.8%	21.6%
Student, no work	3.9%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.8%	2.8%

Southend on Sea car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.32 cars per household in Southend-on-Sea postcode area. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of Cars in a Household Share: Southend-on-Sea postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Number of cars in a household	Southend-on-Sea postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
No car	19.4%	23.3%
1 car	41.6%	41.3%
2 cars	28.0%	26.2%
3+ cars	11.0%	9.2%

Southend on Sea household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).