Castle Point

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:24

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

• 7.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

101 reported road collisions (2025)

19 killed or seriously injured · 119 casualties · 11.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

317 food businesses within 2 miles

• 277 rated 4–5 ★ (250 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Benfleet (1.7 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£357,241 average▼ 4% YoY

Across Castle Point · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,262 average monthly rent▲ 4.8% YoY

• 1 bed £943
• 2 bed £1,169
• 3 bed £1,425

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.8 times median annual pay (10.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,199 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.1 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Hadleigh Benfleet (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

89,587 residents in Castle Point · 2,005/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,101
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,219
• Net moves+882

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 162 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,319 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (35% of 39,570)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

32 schools · 12,631 pupils

23 primary · 5 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 13 of 16 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

30 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Castle Point

1,574 CQC-registered services

• Care homes408
• GP practices229
• Dentists312
• Homecare agencies474
• Hospitals & hospices40

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 17 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Essex

• Within the Green Belt
• 5 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

103 applications decided

82.5% granted · 85 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

PIP / CIIP coalition

• Ref 1
• Oth 38

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,640 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£805 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,682 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

28% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 33,940 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Castle Point:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND442 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth290 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases206 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent203 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK197 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• 
  Benfleet Urban District · 0.6 km

  Benfleet Urban District was an urban district in the county of Essex, England. It was created in 1929 and abolished in 1974.

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  Borough of Castle Point · 0.7 km

  Castle Point is a local government district with borough status in south Essex, England, lying around 30 miles (48 km) east of London. The borough comprises the towns of South Benfleet, Hadleigh and Thundersley on the…

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  Castle Point (constituency) · 1.3 km

  Castle Point is a constituency in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Dame Rebecca Harris, a Conservative.

• The King John School · 1.3 km

  The King John School, often abbreviated to King John, is a secondary academy school with a sixth form in Thundersley, Essex, England. It is named after King John of England (1166–1216). The main school building was op…

• Castle View School · 1.5 km

  Castle View School is a comprehensive school for ages 11–16, on Canvey Island in Essex, England, on the old Furtherwick School site in the Canvey town centre. As of 2006, it has some 900 pupils and 200 staff.

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  Hadleigh Farm · 1.6 km

  Hadleigh Farm is an educational working farm and cross-country cycling venue located in Hadleigh, within the borough of Castle Point, in the county of Essex. The men's and women's mountain biking events of the 2012 Su…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)