Socio-economic statistics for Burrsville Park, Essex

Is Burrsville Park in Tendring a nice place to live or is it a bit rough? We have collated a series of socio-economic statistics and demographics from UK government sources such as the 2021 Census and the Index of Multiple Deprivation. They should give you a broad snapshot of the area and the surrounding locations. Are the residents of Burrsville Park older than the national average or younger? What is the population of Burrsville Park and Tendring? What is the claimant count in Burrsville Park and how many residents are unemployed? This page should provide you with the answers.

Burrsville Park Age Distribution Statistics

We have taken the raw data from the 2021 Census and the calculated the proportion of age groups in St John's.

Age Band	Proportion
4 & under
5 - 9 years
10 - 15 years
16 - 19 years
20 - 24 years
25 - 34 years
35 - 49 years
50 - 64 years
65 - 74 years
75 - 84 years
85 years & over

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Burrsville Park Health Statistics

St John's has a significantly lower proportion of residents (>5%) describing their health as very good than the national average for England.

Area	VG	G	F	B	VB
St John's (Tendring)	37.32%	34.65%	18.83%	7.12%	2.08%
Tendring	39.44%	35.62%	17.17%	6%	1.77%
East	48.28%	34.64%	12.5%	3.58%	1%
England	48.49%	33.71%	12.65%	3.98%	1.17%

VG = Very Good, G = Good, F = Fair, B = Bad & VB = Very Bad

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

How has the health of residents in Tendring changed since 2011?

Tendring residents who describe their health as either good or very good has increased by 0.82% between the 2011 and 2021 census.

Year	VG	G	F	B	VB
2011	38.42%	35.82%	18.15%	5.83%	1.78%
2021	39.44%	35.62%	17.17%	6%	1.77%

VG = Very Good, G = Good, F = Fair, B = Bad & VB = Very Bad

Source: Census 2011/2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Burrsville Park & Tendring Immigration Statistics

We have analysed the Census 2021 raw data on country of birth and compiled immigration statistics as percentages of the population. All percentages have been rounded to two decimal places. Below are the figures for Burrsville Park in the Tendring local area district.

Area	Born in UK	Born outside UK
St John's (Tendring)	94.09%	5.91%
Tendring	94.96%	5.04%
East	85.09%	14.91%
England	82.65%	17.35%

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Burrsville Park compared to other wards in Tendring

#	Ward	Born in UK	Born outside UK
1	Pier	89.19%	10.81%
2	Ardleigh & Little Bromley	91.57%	8.43%
3	Harwich & Kingsway	92.69%	7.31%
4	St Paul's	92.8%	7.2%
5	St James	92.96%	7.04%
6	Walton	93.72%	6.28%
7	Coppins	93.81%	6.19%
8	St John's	94.09%	5.91%
9	Homelands	94.47%	5.53%
10	West Clacton & Jaywick Sands	94.67%	5.33%
11	Frinton	94.82%	5.18%
12	Weeley & Tendring	94.84%	5.16%
13	Dovercourt Bay	94.84%	5.16%
14	Alresford & Elmstead	95.13%	4.87%
15	Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley	95.23%	4.77%
16	Bluehouse	95.38%	4.62%
17	Eastcliff	95.39%	4.61%
18	Kirby-le-Soken & Hamford	95.4%	4.6%
19	Brightlingsea	95.51%	4.49%
20	Burrsville	95.54%	4.46%
21	Cann Hall	95.66%	4.35%
22	Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston	95.77%	4.23%
23	Dovercourt Tollgate	95.84%	4.16%
24	The Bentleys & Frating	95.97%	4.03%
25	Stour Valley	95.98%	4.02%
26	Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland	96.21%	3.79%
27	St Bartholomew's	96.22%	3.78%
28	The Oakleys & Wix	96.22%	3.78%
29	Dovercourt All Saints	96.27%	3.73%
30	St Osyth	96.46%	3.54%
31	Kirby Cross	96.65%	3.35%
32	Little Clacton	97.06%	2.94%

';Burrsville Park is ranked 8 out of 32 wards in Tendring for the number of residents born outside of the UK.

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

What are the occupations of the residents of Burrsville Park?

The largest employment sector in Burrsville Park is Caring, leisure & Other Services. The smallest employment sector is Administrative & Secretarial.

Sector	Proportion
Caring, leisure & Other Services	16.89%
Skilled Trades	14.91%
Elementary Occupations	12.66%
Process Plant & Machine Operatives	9.97%
Professional Occupations	9.81%
Managers, Directors & Senior Officials	8.43%
Associate Professional & Technical	8.23%
Administrative & Secretarial	7.52%

Source: Office for National Statistics (30 June 2020)

How many residents own or rent their home in Burrsville Park and Tendring

We have taken the raw data from the 2021 census and calculated what proportion of people in Burrsville Park either own or rent their home. All percentages have been rounded to two decimal places. 67.11 of residents own their home either outright or mortgaged. 32.89 of Burrsville Park residents rent their home either privately or through a social landlord.

Area	Owned	Rented
St John's (Tendring)	67.11%	32.89%
Tendring	71.48%	28.52%
East	65.23%	34.77%
England	61.31%	38.69%

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Burrsville Park has a higher level of home ownership than than the national average.

Burrsville Park compared to other wards in Tendring

#	Ward	Owned	Rented
1	Little Clacton	88.16%	11.84%
2	St Bartholomew's (Tendring)	85.3%	14.7%
3	Alresford & Elmstead	84.61%	15.39%
4	Weeley & Tendring	84.35%	15.66%
5	Eastcliff (Tendring)	83.37%	16.63%
6	Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland	83.24%	16.76%
7	The Bentleys & Frating	83.15%	16.85%
8	Kirby-le-Soken & Hamford	82.97%	17.03%
9	Stour Valley	82.35%	17.65%
10	The Oakleys & Wix	82.08%	17.92%
11	Burrsville	81.25%	18.75%
12	Kirby Cross	80.46%	19.54%
13	Ardleigh & Little Bromley	80.03%	19.97%
14	Dovercourt Tollgate	79.47%	20.53%
15	Frinton	78.84%	21.16%
16	St Osyth	74.27%	25.73%
17	Brightlingsea	73.57%	26.43%
18	Cann Hall (Tendring)	70.91%	29.09%
19	St Paul's (Tendring)	70.54%	29.46%
20	Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley	70.46%	29.54%
21	Dovercourt All Saints	68.95%	31.05%
22	Homelands	67.98%	32.02%
23	St John's (Tendring)	67.11%	32.89%
24	Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston	66.88%	33.12%
25	West Clacton & Jaywick Sands	65.52%	34.48%
26	Walton (Tendring)	64.33%	35.67%
27	St James (Tendring)	59.82%	40.18%
28	Dovercourt Bay	58.51%	41.49%
29	Coppins	56.82%	43.18%
30	Bluehouse	55.56%	44.44%
31	Harwich & Kingsway	44.28%	55.72%
32	Pier	40.12%	59.88%

Burrsville Park is ranked 23 out of 32 wards in Tendring for the percentage of home owners.

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Burrsville Park Unemployment Statistics

Since the introduction of Universal Credit, The Department for Work & Pensions have not issued any statistics (in our view) that can be used to ascertain the levels of unemployment or under employment in the UK, just meaningless geographic counts. However, the Office of National Statistics does publish claimant counts of people receiving out of work benefits, be that legacy Jobseeker’s Allowance or Universal Credit as a proportion of people over 16. These figures are usually updated once a month and are for Local Authority Districts and Unitary Authority Districts. So below are the figures of Tendring.

Area	Unemployed	Yearly Change
Tendring	4.1%	-0.8%
East of England	3%	-0.3%
England	3.8%	-0.3%
UK	3.7%	-0.3%

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Last Retrieved: March 2023

The 2021 census had data on people who were economically active (seeking work) yet unemployed on Census day (Sunday March 21st 2021). These statitics do cover Burrsville Park on a ward level. However, it has to be noted that the Census day was during the height of the Covid19 pandemic and therefore are not reflective of normal levels of unemployment. For example, between March 2020 and June 2020 people claiming Universal Credit doubled in most areas of the United Kingdom and then steadily declined up to the day of the Census and beyond. This data also contains the proportion of people in part-time work (working between 1-35 hours per week), which maybe an indicator of under employment in Burrsville Park.

Economic Status	Proportion
In Employment	43.32%
In Part-Time Work	32.24%
Unemployed	8.17%

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

67.76% of the people in work, are in full-time employment in Burrsville Park

Burrsville Park Education Statistics

We have taken the raw data from the 2021 census to found of the level of education Burrsville Park residents have in terms of formal qualifications as a percentage. The UK government breaks qualifications down into 7 levels. A detailed explanation of these levels can be found here. However, the Census groups these into just 4 \'levels\'. Here are some examples of the qualifications each census level represents when not stated;

Level 1 - GCSE grades D, E, F, or G & below
Level 2 - GCSE A*, A, B, C or O Level grades A, B or C
Level 3 - A or AS qualification at any grade
Level 4 - HNC, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree or Phd

In this first table we have compared Burrsville Park to the national average for England.

Level	St John's	England
No Qualifications	30.74%	18.08%
Level 1	12.87%	9.69%
Level 2	16.04%	13.32%
Apprenticeship	7.02%	5.32%
Level 3	14.19%	16.92%
Level 4	16.19%	33.92%

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

What is the population of Burrsville Park and Tendring?

The table below contains the populations figures for each ward in Tendring including Burrsville Park. These population ONS figures are estimated are dated Mid 2020.

Ward	Population
Alresford & Elmstead	6663
Ardleigh & Little Bromley	2839
Bluehouse	5454
Brightlingsea	8722
Burrsville	5197
Cann Hall	6493
Coppins	7572
Dovercourt All Saints	6390
Dovercourt Bay	3178
Dovercourt Tollgate	3471
Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston	3102
Eastcliff	2965
Frinton	5398
Harwich & Kingsway	3810
Homelands	3412
Kirby Cross	3070
Kirby-le-Soken & Hamford	3687
Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley	8311
Little Clacton	2906
Pier	2645
St Bartholomew's	5853
St James	7339
St John's	6923
St Osyth	4924
St Paul's	2643
Stour Valley	3081
The Bentleys & Frating	3310
The Oakleys & Wix	2995
Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland	3245
Walton	3167
Weeley & Tendring	2872
West Clacton & Jaywick Sands	5716
Tendring Total	147353

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Last updated: 20/02/2024, Additional Sources: Office for National Statistics & Department for Work & Pensions.

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