Housing in SS3 9BN
What the homes in SS3 9BN are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Shoeburyness
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,910 (2024)
SS3 9BNSouthend-on-Sea
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (36%). Flats make up 39.8%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
50.7% of households in the SS3 9BN area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 22.7% of households, broadly in line with the England figure of 20.5%. 22.5% own outright and 28.1% with a mortgage.
- Owned50.7%61.3%
- Shared ownership2.2%1%
- Private rented22.7%20.5%
- Social rented24.4%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.1 people living in it. 41.2% 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 under 66 (26.8%). 23.4% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Southend-on-Sea
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Southend-on-Sea (August 2026, +4.9% 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 SS3 9BN (Shoeburyness) (about 1,910 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.