Southend-on-Sea
8 datasets are currently published for Southend-on-Sea. 2 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Southend-on-Sea compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 90th of 361 (25.8 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: ranked 132nd of 318 (£315,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 84th of 132 (17.7%).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count — Southend-on-Sea: 4,775, July 2026 (+0.7% year on year, from 4,740). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Southend-on-Sea: 97.3, June 2026 (+3.6% year on year, from 93.9). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Southend-on-Sea: £315,000, Q2 2026 (+6.8% year on year, from £295,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Southend-on-Sea: 17.7%, 2024/25 (-0.7 percentage points year on year, from 18.4%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Southend-on-Sea: 10, Q1 2026 (-60.0% year on year, from 25). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Southend-on-Sea: 185,214, 2025 (+0.4% year on year, from 184,503). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Southend-on-Sea: 273, 2025 (-2.5% year on year, from 280). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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