Locality Based Demographics | Provider Hub

Essex county is divided in 12 districts, Colchester has the largest population of 197,200 people this equals to 13.2% of total Essex population, followed by Basildon at 12.5% and Chelmsford 12%.

Maldon has the lowest overall population rate, but their older population is the second highest with 25% with 16,700 people. Tendring’s older people population is the largest being 30% with 44,200 people.

Essex District Population By Age

The female population of Essex is 765,400 (51%) - out of these there are 57% aged 18-64, and 22% aged 65+.

The male population is 49% in total, and we have more men in the 18-64 age group (58%) but less men aged 65+ (19%).

The graph below showing the split of male and female population by district level. We can see that the biggest gap in the 65+ age group is in Tendring and Castle Point.

The below map is showing the district breakdown of total number of people all ages receiving care services funded by Essex.

This is how much of the whole Essex population we provide support to:

90+: 16% of the population
85-89: 8% of the population
75-84: 3% of the population
65-74: 1.1% of the population
Other: <1% of the population

The graph showing numbers of people receiving services in age group split by districts.

Chart Showing Number of People Receiving Services By Age Group Split By Districts

We can see that West Essex has a particularly low volume of younger adults being supported, and we see the spike in central and North-East Essex for younger cohort.

For people aged 65+ North Essex is as expected, but there is a particular spike in Basildon in older people support.

Tendring is showing to be a focus for supporting people aged 85+, and Harlow and Castle Point are seeing a disproportionately higher number of adults being supported in this age group.

In July 2022 the health and social care sectors changed structure and we saw the introduction of Integrated Care Systems (ICS), this replacing the the old Clinical Commissioning Groups.

ICSs are partnerships that bring together NHS organisations, local authorities and others to take collective responsibility for planning services, improving health and reducing inequalities across geographical areas.