Housing in CO12 4DA
What the homes in CO12 4DA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Harwich Town & Dovercourt
- Council
- Tendring
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,692 (2024)
CO12 4DAHarwich
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (31.5%). Flats make up 21.2%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
63.5% of households in the CO12 4DA area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 23% of households, above the England figure of 20.5%. 36.3% own outright and 27.2% with a mortgage.
- Owned63.5%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.5%1%
- Private rented23%20.5%
- Social rented12.9%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.1%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.3 people living in it. 31.9% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged 66 or over (16.9%). 25.3% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Tendring
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Tendring (August 2026, +4.1% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around CO12 4DA (Harwich Town & Dovercourt) (about 1,692 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.