Castle Point: local statistics
Castle Point is a district council area in the East of England, home to an estimated 90,613 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Castle Point, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The ONS estimates that 90,613 people lived in Castle Point in mid-2025, up 0.5% on a year earlier. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 2.0%, against +8.5% for the East of England as a whole, 42nd of 45 in the East of England, counting from the fastest growth. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The ONS counted 3,640 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Castle Point in March 2026, 2% more than in 2016. There are 40 per 1,000 residents, the 42nd highest of 45 in the East of England.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 82.7% of Castle Point residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 8.7 points either way; the figure for the East of England was 78.3%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 75.6% to 85.9%.
A Band D home in Castle Point pays an average of £2,318.63 in council tax in 2026-27, 4.1% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 33rd highest of the 45 council areas in the East of England. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,596.53, so it has risen 45%.
The police recorded 52.1 crimes per 1,000 residents in Castle Point in the year to March 2026 (4,718 offences in all), 29th of 42 in the East of England, counting from the highest rate. A year earlier it was 53.7. The highest rate in the series was 68.6, in the year to March 2020. Fraud is not included.
The average house price in Castle Point was £356,579 in July 2026, a fall of 4.3% in twelve months. It ranks as mid-table in the East of England, 20th of 45 (regional average £337,518). Since July 2016 prices have risen 33%; the July high in the series was £372,773 in 2025. The average price is 8.5 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Castle Point. That ratio is 18th of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest ratio.
2.6% of Castle Point residents aged 16 to 64 (1,350 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026 (the East of England: 3.3%). Twelve months before, it was 2.4%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.2% (August 2023) and 3.7% (August 2021).
In 2022 to 2024, women in Castle Point had a life expectancy at birth of 84.3 years; for men it was 80.1 (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 1.9 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.5 more. It is the 18th highest for women of the 45 council areas in the East of England.
The median full-time employee living in Castle Point was paid £804.90 a week before tax in April 2025 (£41,745 a year). That is 0.0% below the figure for the East of England and close to the middle of the 45 council areas in the East of England (24th highest). Jobs based in Castle Point paid a median £721.30 a week, £83.60 less than the figure for people who live there. In 2015 the residents' median was £550.00, so it has risen 46% before inflation.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 88,854 |
| 2016 | 89,390 |
| 2017 | 89,275 |
| 2018 | 89,341 |
| 2019 | 89,619 |
| 2020 | 89,782 |
| 2021 | 89,712 |
| 2022 | 89,630 |
| 2023 | 89,818 |
| 2024 | 90,121 |
| 2025 | 90,613 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £267,306 |
| July 2017 | £294,780 |
| July 2018 | £303,221 |
| July 2019 | £294,868 |
| July 2020 | £297,950 |
| July 2021 | £320,918 |
| July 2022 | £363,178 |
| July 2023 | £364,045 |
| July 2024 | £354,153 |
| July 2025 | £372,773 |
| July 2026 | £356,579 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £550.00 a week |
| 2016 | £555.70 a week |
| 2017 | £632.40 a week |
| 2018 | £611.00 a week |
| 2019 | £609.60 a week |
| 2020 | £615.10 a week |
| 2021 | £620.80 a week |
| 2022 | £676.30 a week |
| 2023 | £683.80 a week |
| 2024 | £767.70 a week |
| 2025 | £804.90 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,596.53 |
| 2017-18 | £1,641.12 |
| 2018-19 | £1,719.68 |
| 2019-20 | £1,801.83 |
| 2020-21 | £1,864.92 |
| 2021-22 | £1,899.85 |
| 2022-23 | £1,977.10 |
| 2023-24 | £2,054.48 |
| 2024-25 | £2,142.54 |
| 2025-26 | £2,227.21 |
| 2026-27 | £2,318.63 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 44.9 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 48.8 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 55.1 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 66.7 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 68.6 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 62.1 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 68.2 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 65.9 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 60.0 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 53.7 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 52.1 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 78.1% |
| 2016/17 | 75.6% |
| 2017/18 | 83.6% |
| 2018/19 | 85.9% |
| 2019/20 | 77.5% |
| 2020/21 | 76.9% |
| 2021/22 | 75.9% |
| 2022/23 | 77.7% |
| 2023/24 | 84.1% |
| 2024/25 | 78.6% |
| 2025/26 | 82.7% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.8 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.7 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.0 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.0 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.5 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.1 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.7 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 82.9 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.3 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.3 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,560 |
| 2017 | 3,580 |
| 2018 | 3,505 |
| 2019 | 3,530 |
| 2020 | 3,715 |
| 2021 | 3,590 |
| 2022 | 3,605 |
| 2023 | 3,590 |
| 2024 | 3,645 |
| 2025 | 3,595 |
| 2026 | 3,640 |
Questions about Castle Point
What is the population of Castle Point?
90,613 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How much is Band D council tax in Castle Point?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,318.63 for 2026-27.
What is the crime rate in Castle Point?
52.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is the average house price in Castle Point?
£356,579 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (-4.3% on a year).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Castle Point?
The ONS claimant count was 1,350 in August 2026, 2.6% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is life expectancy in Castle Point?
84.3 years for women and 80.1 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the average salary in Castle Point?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Castle Point was £804.90 a week in April 2025 (£41,745 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Who has power over Castle Point
Every body that makes decisions for Castle Point, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Castle Point council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Castle Point in official figures this page
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Essex County Council county council
- Essex Police police force
- NHS Essex Integrated Care Board NHS
- East of England in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Castle Point: Rebecca Harris (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East of England
- UK figures: UK population · UK employment rate · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in the East of England: Babergh · East Cambridgeshire · Rochford · Stevenage · Three Rivers · Uttlesford
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