Great Wakering

16°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 16° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 18° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:20

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

56 reported · July 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour23
• Violence & sexual offences18
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Vehicle crime4

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Wakering · Essex

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

88 reported road collisions (2024)

30 killed or seriously injured · 108 casualties · 10.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

117 food businesses within 2 miles

• 86 rated 4–5 ★ (70 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: The Essex coast from Clacton to and including, St Peters Flat and the Colne and Blackwater estuaries

Source: Environment Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£415,574 average▲ 6.2% YoY

Across Rochford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,298 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £888
• 2 bed £1,167
• 3 bed £1,425

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · ESSO (5.4 km)

6 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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 286 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rochford

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

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

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

106 applications decided

85.8% granted · 91 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

4,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

13 jobs advertised · £30,118 avg

e.g. Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Great Wakering – Flexible Schedule, Online Primary school Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£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

81% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Nuclear 23% · Gas 19% · Solar 9%

83 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 79.8 yrs 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

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

• Pass house building reforms for construction of 1.4 million approved houses749 local signatures · 7,452 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership425 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office423 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test372 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s296 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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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)