Profile of Tendring

The Tendring District is 33,740 hectares in size (approximately 130 square miles), with a population of 148,500 (2010). Over the last 20 years the population has grown by over a fifth. It has 60km of coastline and manages 19km using its permissive coast protection powers.

The District has the highest proportion of pensioners in the East of England, 1 in 3. 1 in 7 people live in a deprived area and 1 in 5 children live in poverty. Tendring has better than average local authority housing and a higher number of elderly are looked after and supported at home.

Below are statistics on the Tendring District. Click on the links below to take you to that area.

Resident Population
Labour Supply
Working-Age Benefits
Labour Demand
Businesses

RESIDENT POPULATION

Total Population (2010)

	Tendring (numbers)	Eastern (numbers)	Great Britain (numbers)
All People	148,500	5,831,800	60,462,600
Males	71,700	2,881,000	29,758,900
Females	76,800	2,950,800	30,703,700

Population aged 16-64 (2010)

	Tendring (numbers)	Tendring %	Eastern %	Great Britain %
All people aged 16-64	84,200	56.7	63.7	64.8
Males aged 16-64	41,600	58.1	64.7	65.8
Females aged 16-64	42,600	55.5	62.7	63.8

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LABOUR SUPPLY

Employment and unemployment (Apr 2010 - Mar 2011)

	Tendring (numbers)	Tendring (%)	Eastern (%)	Great Britain (%)
All people - economically active	65,900	74.7	78.7	76.2
In Employment	59,000	66.6	73.4	70.3
Employees	48,400	55.5	63.0	60.8
Self Employed	10,600	11.1	10.0	9.0
Model-based Unemployed	6,100	9.4	6.6	7.6
Males
Economically active	35,300	82.5	85.9	82.5
In Employment	29,900	69.3	79.8	75.5
Employees	21,700	52.0	65.0	62.3
Self Employed	8,200	17.3	14.5	12.7
Unemployed	#	#	6.9	8.4
Females
Economically active	30,600	67.6	71.5	69.9
In Employment	29,100	64.2	67.0	65.1
Employees	26,700	58.8	61.0	59.4
Self Employed	#	#	5.6	5.3
Unemployed	#	#	6.2	6.7

# sample too small for reliable estimate

Economic Inactivity (Apr 2010 - Mar 2011)

	Tendring (numbers)	Tendring (%)	Eastern (%)	Great Britain (%)
All People
Economically inactive	21,600	25.3	21.3	23.8
Wanting a job	6,800	8.0	5.2	5.7
Not wanting a job	14,800	17.2	16.1	18.1
Males
Economically inactive	7,200	17.5	14.1	17.5
Wanting a job	#	#	4.0	4.9
Not wanting a job	#	#	10.1	12.6
Females
Economically inactive	14,400	32.4	28.5	30.1
Wanting a job	#	#	6.4	6.5
Not wanting a job	11,000	24.6	22.1	23.6

#Sample size too small for reliable estimate.

Employment by Occupation (Apr 2010 - Mar 2011)

	Tendring (numbers)	Tendring (%)	Eastern (%)	Great Britain (%)
Soc 2000 major group 1 - 3	24,900	42.3	46.3	44.8
1 Managers & senior officials	9,200	15.6	16.9	15.7
2 Professional Occupations	#	#	14.6	14.1
3 Associate professional & technical	11,500	19.5	14.8	14.8
Soc 2000 major group 4-5	12,400	21.1	22.0	20.9
4 Admin & secretarial	#	#	11.4	10.7
5 Skilled trade occupations	7,600	12.9	10.5	10.2
Soc 2000 major group 6 -7	11,100	18.9	15.1	16.3
6 Personal service occupations	8,600	14.6	8.3	8.8
7 Sales & Customer Services	#	#	6.7	7.4
Soc 2000 major group 8-9	10,500	17.8	16.7	17.9
8 Process plant & machine operatives	#	#	6.3	6.6
9 Elementary occupations	6,700	11.3	10.3	11.3

Qualifications (Jan 2010 - Dec 2010)

	Tendring (numbers)	Tendring (%)	Eastern (%)	Great Britain (%)
NVQ4 and above	13,800	16.4	278.5	31.3
NVQ3 and above	30,500	36.3	48.2	51.0
NVQ2 and above	48,700	58.0	65.8	67.3
NVQ1 and above	65,300	77.6	81.4	80.2
Other qualifications	6,200	7.3	8.2	8.5
No qualifications	12,700	15.1	10.4	11.3

Earnings by residence (2010)

	Tendring (pounds)	Eastern (pounds)	Great Britain (pounds)
Gross Weekly Pay
Full-time workers	479.6	523.3	501.8
Male full-time workers	523.0	574.0	541.9
Female full-time workers	430.8	450.6	440.0
Hourly pay
Full-time workers	11.92	13.12	12.65
Male full-time workers	12.62	13.93	13.24
Female full-time workers	11.26	11.87	11.75

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OUT OF WORK BENEFITS

The Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is payable to people under pensionable age who are available for, and actively seeking, work of at least 40 hours a week.

Total JSA Claimants (October 2011)

	Tendring (numbers)	Tendring (%)	Eastern (%)	Great Britain (%)
All people	3,658	4.3	3.1	3.8
Males	2,445	5.9	3.9	5.1
Females	1,213	2.8	2.2	2.6

JSA Claimants by age and duration (October 2011)

	Tendring (numbers)	Tendring (%)	Eastern (%)	Great Britain (%)
Aged 18 to 24
Total	1,175	11.2	6.9	8.0
Up to 6 months	900	8.6	5.2	5.9
Over 6 months and up to 12 months	230	2.2	1.3	1.6
Over 12 months	45	0.4	0.4	0.5
Aged 25 to 49
Total	1,870	4.7	3.1	3.9
Up to 6 months	965	2.4	1.7	2.1
Over 6 months and up to 12 months	460	1.2	0.7	1.0
Over 12 months	445	1.1	0.6	0.8
Aged 50 to 64
Total	595	1.9	1.8	2.0
Up to 6 months	295	1.0	0.9	1.1
Over 6 months and up to 12 months	125	0.4	0.4	0.5
Over 12 months	170	0.6	0.4	0.5

Working-age client group - key benefit claimants (May 2011)

	Tendring (numbers)	Tendring (%)	Eastern (%)	Great Britain (%)
Total claimants	14,580	17.3	11.5	14.5
Job seekers	3,310	3.9	2.8	3.6
ESA and Incapacity benefits	6,820	8.1	4.9	6.5
Lone parents	1,460	1.7	1.3	1.5
Carers	1,320	1.6	1.0	1.2
Others on income related benefits	560	0.7	0.4	0.5
Disabled	910	1.1	0.9	1.0
Bereaved	200	0.2	0.2	0.2
Key out-of-work benefits	12,150	14.4	9.4	12.1

key out-of-work benefits are: job seekers, incapacity, lone parents and others on income related benefits

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LABOUR DEMAND

Jobs Density (2009)

	Tendring (jobs)	Tendring (density)	Eastern (density)	Great Britain (density)
Jobs density	44,000	0.53	0.76	0.78

Employee jobs (2008)

	Tendring (employee jobs)	Tendring (%)	Eastern (%)	Great Britain (%)
Total employee jobs	36,600	-	-	-
Full-time	23,100	63.3	67.2	68.8
Part-time	13,400	36.7	32.8	31.2
Employee jobs by industry
Manufacturing	2,900	7.8	10.3	10.2
Construction	1,900	5.2	5.4	4.8
Services	30,600	83.8	82.5	83.5
Distribution, hotels & restaurants	10,900	29.9	25.0	23.4
Transport & communications	2,900	7.9	6.0	5.8
Finance, IT, other business activities	3,300	9.2	21.4	22.0
Public admin, education & health	11,300	30.8	25.3	27.0
Other services	2,200	6.1	4.8	5.3
Tourism-related	3,800	10.5	7.7	8.2

- data unavailable

Earning by workplace (2010)

	Tendring (pounds)	Eastern (pounds)	Great Britain (pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers	409.0	488.7	500.4
Male full-time workers	436.8	535.0	540.5
Female full-time workers	377.3	424.4	439.8
Hourly pay
Full-time workers	10.36	12.17	12.62
Male full-time workers	10.63	12.78	13.21
Female full-time workers	9.20	11.12	11.73

Jobcentre plus vacancies (October 2011)

	Tendring	East	Great Britain
Unfilled jobcentre vacancies (numbers)	496	33,516	327,142
Unfilled jobcentre vacancies per 1,000 working age population	59	90	83
JSA claimants per unfilled jobcentre vacancy	7.4	3.4	4.6

BUSINESSES

VAT registered businesses (2007)

	Tendring (numbers)	Tendring (%)	Eastern (%)	Great Britain (%)
Registrations	310	8.3	9.6	10.2
Deregistrations	295	7.9	7.2	7.3
Stock (at end of year)	3,730	-	-	-

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All sources: nomis website

For further statistics on the Tendring District visit the nomis website and the national statistics website

Page Last Updated

18 November 2011

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