Great Wakering

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 11° · 70% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:26

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

• 7.3 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

33 reported · August 2026▲ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences13
• Other theft6
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Criminal damage & arson4

Neighbourhood team: Wakering · Essex

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

80 reported road collisions (2025)

21 killed or seriously injured · 94 casualties · 9.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

116 food businesses within 2 miles

• 86 rated 4–5 ★ (69 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Shoeburyness (2.6 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£405,340 average▲ 0.5% YoY

Across Rochford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,300 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £890
• 2 bed £1,169
• 3 bed £1,428

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

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 times median annual pay (13.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,263 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: 155.9p · Esso (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (11.3 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Shell Fossetts Way (5.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools9
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

85,661 residents in Rochford · 513/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,668
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,418
• Net moves+1,250

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 260 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,363 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (32% of 38,350)

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

28 schools · 12,854 pupils

22 primary · 4 secondary · 2 other

Ofsted: 8 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rochford

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 39 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

131 applications decided

81.7% granted · 107 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Bayo Alaba

Independent

Southend East and Rochford

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Con 8
• LD 6
• Ref 12
• Oth 13

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

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£865 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,085 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 33,909 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

76% low-carbon electricity

Wind 41% · Gas 24% · Nuclear 17% · Solar 10%

103 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

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

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

3 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SS3

• Wakering Medical Ctr.
• Dr Kumar & Ptnr - Shoebury Hc
• Shoebury Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Southend East and Rochford:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent380 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND236 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth192 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases191 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK173 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Great Wakering Rovers F.C. · 0.5 km

  Great Wakering Rovers Football Club is a football club located in Great Wakering, near Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. The club are members of the Essex Senior League and play at Burroughs Park.

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  White Ensign F.C. · 0.5 km

  White Ensign Football Club is a football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. They are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at Burroughs Park in Great Wakering.

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  Southend East and Rochford · 0.6 km

  Southend East and Rochford is a constituency in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Bayo Alaba, a member of the Labour Party who sits as an independent after being suspended in…

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  Great Wakering · 0.9 km

  Great Wakering is a village and civil parish in the Rochford District of Essex, England. It is approximately 4 miles (6 km) east of Southend-on-Sea, its post town. Great Wakering consists mainly of two roads: the High…

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  Little Wakering · 1.3 km

  Little Wakering is a village in the civil parish of Barling Magna, in the Rochford district, in the county of Essex, England. It is about 4 miles from Southend-on-Sea. It has an Anglican church called St Mary's Church…

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  North Shoebury · 2.2 km

  North Shoebury is part of Shoeburyness, a suburb of the city of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. North Shoebury was historically a separate village and parish. The civil parish was abolished in 1933, when the wester…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)