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Great Oakley

Great Oakley is a village in Essex, England, with a population of around 702. It has 6 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Wrabness, 3.9 km away. There were around 6 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Great Oakley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Tendring area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 148,291 residents at roughly 441 people per km².

Council
Tendring
County
Essex
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Police force
Essex
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 215th of 294 English council areas — better than 27% of them.

Low crime43
Home affordability54
Affordable rents53
Good schools38
Life expectancy27
Low deprivation10
Employment29
Low council tax87

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

19°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 20° / 18° · 84% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 18° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:17

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

4 reported · July 2026 33% YoY

  • Bicycle theft1
  • Other theft1
  • Public order1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Harwich and Manningtree · Essex

Local policing priorities

  • Concerns from residents about Anti-Social behaviour in key hotspot locations including Clacton town centre retail areas and seafront (Pie…
  • Concerns about vehicle offending across hotspots including Clacton, Jaywick, Harwich, Walton and Frinton seafront areas, and key road net…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

199 reported road collisions (2024)

54 killed or seriously injured · 270 casualties · 13.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

10 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Wrabness (4.2 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wrabness (4.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£261,717 average 2.6% YoY

Across Tendring · to 2026-06

Detached£371,783
Semi-detached£255,595
Terraced£203,073
Flat£131,855

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,051 average monthly rent 4.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £757
  • 2 bed £972
  • 3 bed £1,182

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (8.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (8.7 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 200 kW
  • Nearest: Carlson Vehicle Transfer (4.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

148,291 residents in Tendring · 441/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 55%
  • 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 32 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

18% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,270 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 75,690)

A £1,513
B £1,765
C £2,017
D £2,270
E £2,774
F £3,278
G £3,783
H £4,539

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

Schools

51 schools · 19,335 pupils

39 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 24 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Colne Community SchoolGood
  • Harwich and Dovercourt High SchoolGood
  • Lift ClactonGood
  • Lift TendringGood
  • Clacton County High School
  • Manningtree High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tendring

Care & health services

1,571 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes407
  • GP practices230
  • Dentists309
  • Homecare agencies475
  • Hospitals & hospices39

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 17 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Essex

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Great Oakley)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 21 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

199 applications decided

83.9% granted · 167 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Nigel Farage

Reform UK

Clacton

Recent votes:

  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 7
  • Con 13
  • LD 4
  • Ref 7
  • Oth 17

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,505 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

12 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Social sciences Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Great Oakley – Flexible Schedule, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£734 median full-time weekly pay

4.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,182 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 77,907 certificates

12.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

76% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 43% · Wind 33% · Gas 19% · Imports 5%

78 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Clacton:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Great Oakley, Essex · 0.2 km

    Great Oakley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is a long, narrow parish lying on the top of a low ridge south of Ramsey Creek which drains northeast towards Harwich. The pari…

  • Little Oakley, Essex · 2.8 km

    Little Oakley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England, on the western outskirts of Harwich. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,195.

  • Stones Green · 3.0 km

    Stones Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Great Oakley, near the village of Wix and the town of Harwich, in the Tendring district of Essex, England.

  • Beaumont-cum-Moze · 3.2 km

    Beaumont-cum-Moze is a civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Beaumont and Moze Cross. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 341.

  • Wix, Essex · 3.3 km

    Wix is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of north-east Essex, England. It lies in a small valley about 2 miles (3 km) south of the Stour Estuary. The valley drains east towards Harwich. Formerly an i…

  • Ramsey Windmill, Essex · 3.4 km

    Ramsey Windmill is a grade II* listed post mill at Ramsey, Essex, England which has been restored.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Great Oakley?
Great Oakley is a town in Essex, England, in the Tendring local authority.
What is the population of Great Oakley?
Great Oakley has an approximate settlement population of 702.
How deprived is Great Oakley?
The Tendring local authority, which includes Great Oakley, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.