Property market | £273,721 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is London Southend (21.3 miles) | |
Broadband | 40.7mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 96.2% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 3.8% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 518 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 85 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Clacton level) | |
Community | Median age is 50.8 | Happiness is Below Average for Essex, Average for UK | |
Crime | 4.0 burglaries per 1k people (Tendring) | |
Commute (approx) | - Stratford (London) (74 mins) - London Liverpool Street (83 mins) | |
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£273,721 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is London Southend (21.3 miles) | |
40.7mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 50.8 | Happiness is Below Average for Essex, Average for UK | |
Ranked 518 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 85 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Clacton level) | |
4.0 burglaries per 1k people (Tendring) | |
- Stratford (London) (74 mins) - London Liverpool Street (83 mins) | |
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Point Clear has one main store nearby, Tesco Brightlingsea Express. There are a few pubs and bars nearby, including: Ferry Boat Inn, Orchards Holiday Village, Railway Tavern, Royal British Legion, Show Bar and Papa Johns, The Kings Head, The Rosebud. Regarding restaurants and other types of eateries, we found many nearby, including: BWYC 'The Old Sail Loft', Mac's Plaice, No. 1 Harbour Square, Raj Spice, Star Fast Food, T\&Cake, The Ferryboat Inn, The Waterside Fish and Chips, Tud... (see map below for more). There are a few cafes and coffee shops nearby, including: Cafe Chic, Coach House Coffee Shop, Fresh Cafe, Victoria Cafe.
The property market in Point Clear has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £395,426, which is up 2.5% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £273,721 (up 1.6% on last year) , a terraced house £219,053 (down -0.5% on last year) and a flat £145,632. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £700 per month. Property prices in Point Clear are slightly lower than the average property prices across Essex and are slightly lower compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Point Clear, prices have increased, while prices decreased across the Essex region.
Property data is based on Tendring level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Point Clear, or click here to browse the longer list of Point Clear property transactions from 2023.
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Point Clear has a couple of schools nearby, including Colne Community School and College (Secondary and 16 to 19 Provision) (Academy) which is a secondary school based in Church Road, Colchester. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 3: Requires Improvement (2/5/2020) | Ofsted Report Link | Colchester | |
Colne Community School and College (Secondary and 16 to 19 Provision) Save school | Secondary school Academy converter - Mixed | 4: Inadequate (5/17/2018) | Ofsted Report Link | Colchester |
School | Type |
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Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 3: Requires Improvement (2/5/2020) |
Colne Community School and College (Secondary and 16 to 19 Provision) Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 4: Inadequate (5/17/2018) |
Station | Distance from Point Clear | Commute options |
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Alresford (Essex) A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +4% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- Stratford (London) (1 change(s) - 74 mins - Greater Anglia - £509 monthly fare) View details - London Liverpool Street (1 change(s) - 84 mins - Greater Anglia - £539 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 102 mins - London Overground - £539 monthly fare) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 162 mins - Greater Anglia) View details |
Great Bentley A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed -3% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- Stratford (London) (1 change(s) - 78 mins - Greater Anglia - £524 monthly fare) View details - London Liverpool Street (1 change(s) - 88 mins - Greater Anglia - £547 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 106 mins - London Overground - £547 monthly fare) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 166 mins - Greater Anglia) View details |
Weeley A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +7% from the previous year. | 7 miles |
- Stratford (London) (1 change(s) - 81 mins - Greater Anglia - £524 monthly fare) View details - London Liverpool Street (1 change(s) - 90 mins - Greater Anglia - £547 monthly fare) View details |
Wivenhoe A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +0% from the previous year. | 7 miles |
- Stratford (London) (1 change(s) - 67 mins - Greater Anglia - £509 monthly fare) View details - London Liverpool Street (1 change(s) - 77 mins - Greater Anglia - £539 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 90 mins - London Overground - £539 monthly fare) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 149 mins - Greater Anglia) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Tendring) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Tendring residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 96.2% | 81.7% |
Mixed | 1.6% | 2.9% |
Asian | 1.2% | 9.3% |
Black | 0.6% | 4.0% |
Other | 0.4% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Clacton consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 11.9% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 12.9% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 6.8% | 518 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 16.1% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 6.6% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 17.0% | |
Routine occupations | 13.5% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 11.7% | 85 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 3.5% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Essex is average (61mbps). Point Clear is slower than this, with average download speeds of 40.7mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Clacton level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 40.7 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 97.9% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.3% |
Crime stats were found at the Tendring level:
Type | Tendring | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 97 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 4 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 11 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 1 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 47 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Point Clear.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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East Anglia | North Sea | The Essex coast from Clacton to St Peters Flat, including Jaywick, Brightlingsea, Mersea Island, Heybridge, Maldon and the Colne and Blackwater estuaries |
East Anglia | Colne Estuary | The tidal River Colne at Point Clear from the Tower Estate to Oakmead Road and Osyth Creek |
East Anglia | River Colne | The tidal River Colne from Brightlingsea to the Colne Barrier at Wivenhoe |
East Anglia | Essex Coast | The Essex coast from Clacton Lifeboat station to Lee-over-sands, including Jaywick and Seawick |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Point Clear, Essex Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £273,721 Detached: £395,426 | 97 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 | 6.8% residents in higher managerial positions 11.7% residents long-term unemployed |
Epping, Essex Affordability: Expensive Affluent Very fast broadband Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £608,830 Detached: £1,047,893 | 79 | Primary: 5Secondary: 2 | 16.9% residents in higher managerial positions 7.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Debden, Essex Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £451,213 Detached: £736,929 | 60 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 18.2% residents in higher managerial positions 4.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Saffron Walden, Essex Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £451,213 Detached: £736,929 | 60 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 | 18.2% residents in higher managerial positions 4.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Chelmsford, Essex Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £431,354 Detached: £703,147 | 88 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 18.2% residents in higher managerial positions 4.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Stock, Essex Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £431,354 Detached: £703,147 | 88 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 | 14.5% residents in higher managerial positions 6.1% residents long-term unemployed |
Writtle, Essex Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £431,354 Detached: £703,147 | 88 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 | 18.2% residents in higher managerial positions 4.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Pitsea, Essex Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £421,969 Detached: £689,889 | 109 | Primary: 15Secondary: 4 | 9.4% residents in higher managerial positions 8.1% residents long-term unemployed |
Wickford, Essex Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £421,969 Detached: £689,889 | 109 | Primary: 10Secondary: 3 | 13.8% residents in higher managerial positions 6.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £427,742 Detached: £640,855 | 116 | Primary: 11Secondary: 8 | 13.9% residents in higher managerial positions 7.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Maldon, Essex Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £388,478 Detached: £632,839 | 59 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 | 14.5% residents in higher managerial positions 6.1% residents long-term unemployed |
Dedham, Essex Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £334,751 Detached: £531,164 | 96 | Primary: 3Secondary: | 12.7% residents in higher managerial positions 6.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Point Clear, Essex Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £273,721 Detached: £395,426 | 97 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 |
Epping, Essex Affordability: Expensive Affluent Very fast broadband Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £608,830 Detached: £1,047,893 | 79 | Primary: 5Secondary: 2 |
Debden, Essex Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £451,213 Detached: £736,929 | 60 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Saffron Walden, Essex Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £451,213 Detached: £736,929 | 60 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 |
Chelmsford, Essex Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £431,354 Detached: £703,147 | 88 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Stock, Essex Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £431,354 Detached: £703,147 | 88 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 |
Writtle, Essex Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £431,354 Detached: £703,147 | 88 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 |
Pitsea, Essex Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £421,969 Detached: £689,889 | 109 | Primary: 15Secondary: 4 |
Wickford, Essex Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £421,969 Detached: £689,889 | 109 | Primary: 10Secondary: 3 |
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £427,742 Detached: £640,855 | 116 | Primary: 11Secondary: 8 |
Maldon, Essex Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £388,478 Detached: £632,839 | 59 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 |
Dedham, Essex Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £334,751 Detached: £531,164 | 96 | Primary: 3Secondary: |
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