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Location: East of England Population: 138,000 (ONS, census 2011) Interesting fact: During the English civil war, the witch-finder general, Matthew Hopkins carried out many trials throughout this and the surrounding area especially in the towns of Manningtree and Mistley on the River Stour
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Tendring is a member of the Rural Services Network and falls |
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Link placed on Tendring District Council's Intranet site for easy access
Tendring Information |
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| Phone number 01255 686868 |
Website www.tendringdc.gov.uk |
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) South East |
| Frequency of elections Every 4 years |
Number of councillors 60 |
Political composition Conservative - 33 Independent - 9 Labour - 9 Tendring First - 7 Liberal Democrat - 2 |
| MPs Clacton - John Douglas Wilson Carswell (Conservative) |
Decision making structure Leader and a Cabinet |
Population change One Year Population Change + 500 (0.34%) Ten Year Population Change + 11,100 (8.08%) |
| Police Authority Essex Police Authority |
Fire Service Essex County Fire and Rescue Service |
Health Authority East of England Strategic Health Authority |
| Area 33,740 Hectares |
Super Sparsity Indicator 0.0280 |
Audited by Central Region (Audit Commission) |
| Rural Classification (Birbeck) Predominently Rural (Rural 50) |
Population by Area- (Density) 4.39 people per hectare |
Number of Parishes 27 |
| Number of Parish Meetings 0 |
Number of Parish Councils 23 |
Number of Town Councils 4 |
| Average house price £161,651 (Jan - March 2010) £175,267 (Oct - Dec 2010) £176,697 (July - Sept 2011) £164,932 (Oct - Dec 2011) £180,264 (July - Sept 2012) £172,343 (Oct - Dec 2012) |
Outsourced Services Waste Collection |
Average age of population 45.7 (2011 Census data) |
| Main Towns Brightlingsea, Clacton-on-Sea, Frinton and Walton, Harwich, Manningtree |
Unemployment rate 4.4% (JSA claimants for December 2012) |
Current Council Tax (amount reported is the amount received by the Council - no other services are included) 2010/2011 Council Tax - £149.88 2011/2012 Council Tax - £149.13 2012/2013 Council Tax - £148.38 2013/2014 Council Tax - £147.64 |
| Percentage of households which are second homes/holiday accommodation 2.91% (Department for Communities and Local Government, October 2012) |
Percentage of population who have reported they are in very good health 38.4% (2011 Census data) |
Percentage of employed people who have less than 2km to travel to work 35% |
| Employed by Occupation Percentage of people aged 16 and over who are in Social Major Group 1-3 31.6% (2011 Census data) |
Average annual wage for full time employees
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Percentage of those employed in full time employment 30.2% (2011 Census data) |
| Cars or vans owned per household (2011 Census data) No cars or vans - 23.4% 1 car or van - 45.3% 2 cars or vans - 23.2% 3 cars or vans - 5.8% 4 or more cars and vans - 2.2% |
Local Newspapers East Anglian, Frinton & Walton Gazette, Evening Gazette, Harwich & Manningtree Standard, Clacton Gazette |
National Park/AONBs Dedham Vale (AONBS), Suffolk Coast and Heaths (AONBS) |
| * - Click on header to see comparison data across all our member authorities and the National Average (information updated annually). MP with ** beside their name are members of the APPG on Rural Services. |
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Detail and Analysis for Tendring |
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Organisations within your authority who receive free community service as a benefit of your membership.
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The most up-to-date analysis of your authority's grant allocation position.
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A review of how your authority is performing compared with all rural authorities and other key benchmarks. |
An analysis of your authority's costs compared with other rural authorities and key benchmarks. |
The latest economic data for your authority compared with key benchmarks to assist local economic assesments.
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Observatory
The Observatory opens the window to a statistical view of rural life. It provides analyses and comment on key service provision and issues affecting rural communities (Click here to visit this section) |
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Our Major Documents
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| (All factual information on these pages is updated annually by the RSN) (Information given via links will however be updated as new information becomes available) |
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Fairer Funding
Financial Analysis
A local insight
The RSN is asking Councils to give a local rural perspective through answers to the two questions set out below. This process is ongoing, but we hope to be given first replies for this year by the end of 2011. The boxes below will be completed as we hear back from authorities. Information given will be incorporated into Rural Services Network reports, representations and programmes.
One area of policy undertaken by Tendring District Council where (in their rural areas) they felt they have made real progress in the last year:
Comment
One area of policy delivery undertaken by Tendring District Council where (in their rural areas) they consider they still face or now face a significant challenge:
Comment
(All factual information on these pages is updated annually by the RSN)
(Information given via links will however be updated as new information becomes available)
