Schools
41 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 7 secondary schools. Thorpe Hall School is the nearest published school at 425 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SS1 3SB
Southchurch · Southend-on-Sea · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Southchurch
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
- Postcode district
- SS1
- Postcode sector
- SS1 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SS1 3SB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 March 1988
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SS
- Postcode district
- SS1
- Postcode sector
- SS1 3
- Latitude
- 51.544016
- Longitude
- 0.756249
- British National Grid easting
- 591,218
- British National Grid northing
- 186,391
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Southend-on-Sea · E06000033
- Electoral ward
- Southchurch · E05002223
- Parish or community
- E43000028
- Westminster constituency
- Southend East and Rochford · E14001501
- Output area
- E00080331
- Lower layer super output area
- Southend-on-Sea 009A · E01015883
- Middle layer super output area
- Southend-on-Sea 009 · E02003287
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SS1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 41
- Primary
- 24
- Secondary
- 7
- 425 m
Thorpe Hall School
Other independent school
- 461 m
Southchurch High School
Academy sponsor led
- 758 m
Alleyn Court Preparatory School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,338
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 648
- Anti social behaviour 126
- Vehicle crime 110
- Criminal damage and arson 105
- Other theft 97
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 3
- Postcode households
- 2
- Residents per household
- 1.5
- SS1 3 residents
- 9,010
1 female, 2 male
Age bands in SS1 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 16.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 34.6%
1,147 residents
763 residents
1,419 residents
2,418 residents
3,042 residents
This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SS1 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
18
within 5 km
SOUTHEND COASTAL SURGERIES - THORPE BAY
99 TYRONE ROAD, THORPE BAY, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 3HD
ODS code F81121
1.1 km
CENTRAL SURGERY - SOUTHCHURCH BLVD
27 SOUTHCHURCH BOULEVARD, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4UB
ODS code F81086
1.2 km
NORTH AVENUE SURGERY
332 NORTH AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4EQ
ODS code F81176
1.5 km
ST LUKE'S HEALTH CENTRE
PANTILE AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4BD
ODS code Y02707
2.0 km
THE PRACTICE NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE
32 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, SOUTHEND ON SEA, SS1 2TH
ODS code Y02177
2.2 km
DR KUMAR & PTNR - SHOEBURY HC
SHOEBURY HEALTH CENTRE, CAMPFIELD ROAD, SHOEBURYNESS, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS3 9BX
ODS code F81613
2.7 km
SHOEBURY PRACTICE
SHOEBURY HEALTH CENTRE, CAMPFIELD ROAD, SHOEBURYNESS, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS3 9BX
ODS code F81649
2.7 km
WAKERING MEDICAL CTR.
274 HIGH STREET, GREAT WAKERING, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS3 0HX
ODS code F81089
2.8 km
WARRIOR SQUARE SURGERY
61 WARRIOR SQUARE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 2JJ
ODS code F81656
2.8 km
THE QUEENSWAY SURGERY
QUEENSWAY SURGERY, 75 QUEENSWAY, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 2AB
ODS code F81081
2.9 km
SAS MID AND SOUTH ESSEX STP
SUITE 7, SKYLINE PLAZA, VICTORIA AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6BB
ODS code Y06389
3.3 km
SOUTHEND MEDICAL CENTRE
50-52 LONDON ROAD, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 1NX
ODS code F81159
3.3 km
DR F KHAN CARNAVON ROAD SURGERY
CARNARVON ROAD SURGERY, 1ST FLOOR, 183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81003
3.8 km
DR NAVIN KUMAR
183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81147
3.8 km
WEST ROAD SURGERY
NORTH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81164
3.8 km
DR SOORIAKUMARAN
3 PRINCE AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6RL
ODS code F81092
4.3 km
THE VALKYRIE SURGERY
VALKYRIE ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 50 VALKYRIE ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 8BU
ODS code F81097
4.6 km
WESTCLIFF MEDICAL CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, VALKYRIE PCC, 50 VALKYRIE ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 8BU
ODS code F81207
4.6 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Bournes Green Roundabout
BCT · Bournes Green
- 0.1 miles
Bournes Green Roundabout
BCT · Bournes Green
- 0.1 miles
LA Fitness
BCT · Bournes Green
- 0.1 miles
LA Fitness
BCT · Bournes Green
- 0.1 miles
Bournes Green Roundabout
BCT · Bournes Green
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southend-on-Sea 009A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
10 of 10
Overall England rank
30,999 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 1
- Medium risk addresses
- 1
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,338 published events cover 12 months, averaging 111.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 648 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.