Rayleigh

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 10° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

252 reported road collisions (2025)

77 killed or seriously injured · 305 casualties · 13.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

280 food businesses within 2 miles

• 235 rated 4–5 ★ (207 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rayleigh (0.5 km)
• 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£366,218 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Basildon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,424 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £983
• 2 bed £1,269
• 3 bed £1,508

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

9.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.7 times median annual pay (10.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,362 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 (8.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8.7 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Market Way Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools25
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

187,571 residents in Basildon · 1,705/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,278
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,535
• Net moves−257

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 120 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,327 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 80,090)

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

59 schools · 30,397 pupils

46 primary · 9 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 20 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basildon

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

• In a conservation area (Rayleigh CA)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 38 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

213 applications decided

89.7% granted · 191 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Mark Francois

Conservative

Rayleigh and Wickford

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 12
• Ref 11
• Oth 7

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés33

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,870 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

128 jobs advertised · £41,291 avg

e.g. English Teacher, Business Studies Teacher, Community Support Worker

Source: Adzuna

£806 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,031 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,520 certificates

7.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 18% · Biomass 11%

86 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80 yrs men

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

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

6 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SS6

• William Harvey Surgery
• Audley Mills Surgery
• Downhall Park Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rayleigh and Wickford:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth309 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission298 local signatures · 7,329 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND258 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK199 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules172 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide

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