Social housing in Tendring
8.1% of households in Tendring are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Tendring?
Tendring ranks 368th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 67,421 households, 5,492 are social homes (8.1%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Tendring compare with the UK average?
At -9.4 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Tendring sits below the national level. It is among the lowest shares in the country.
Tendring at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Tendring.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Tendring has 51 schools — 47 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 39 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 28 with a published Ofsted grade, 86% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 54 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Tendring, offering about 2,267 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Tendring sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 35% of its 89 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,395 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Tendring
See Tendring through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).