Schools
47 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 7 secondary schools. St Nicholas School is the nearest published school at 70 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SS2 4WJ
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
- SS2
- Postcode sector
- SS2 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SS2 4WJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 April 2004
- Terminated
- 1 October 2005
- Postcode area
- SS
- Postcode district
- SS2
- Postcode sector
- SS2 4
- Latitude
- 51.546942
- Longitude
- 0.741914
- British National Grid easting
- 590,212
- British National Grid northing
- 186,679
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
- E00080324
- Lower layer super output area
- Southend-on-Sea 009E · E01015887
- 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 SS2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 47
- Primary
- 28
- Secondary
- 7
- 70 m
St Nicholas School
Academy special converter
- 326 m
Hamstel Infant School and Nursery
Academy converter
- 326 m
Hamstel Junior School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,988
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,336
- Shoplifting 268
- Other theft 240
- Anti social behaviour 232
- Criminal damage and arson 206
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SS2 4 residents
- 16,363
Age bands in SS2 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 16%
3,435 residents
1,833 residents
4,567 residents
4,587 residents
2,749 residents
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.
GP practices
19
within 5 km straight-line
NORTH AVENUE SURGERY
332 NORTH AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4EQ
ODS code F81176
466 m
CENTRAL SURGERY - SOUTHCHURCH BLVD
27 SOUTHCHURCH BOULEVARD, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4UB
ODS code F81086
553 m
ST LUKE'S HEALTH CENTRE
PANTILE AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4BD
ODS code Y02707
983 m
THE PRACTICE NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE
32 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, SOUTHEND ON SEA, SS1 2TH
ODS code Y02177
1.7 km
SOUTHEND COASTAL SURGERIES - THORPE BAY
99 TYRONE ROAD, THORPE BAY, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 3HD
ODS code F81121
1.8 km
WARRIOR SQUARE SURGERY
61 WARRIOR SQUARE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 2JJ
ODS code F81656
1.9 km
THE QUEENSWAY SURGERY
QUEENSWAY SURGERY, 75 QUEENSWAY, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 2AB
ODS code F81081
2.0 km
SAS MID AND SOUTH ESSEX STP
SUITE 7, SKYLINE PLAZA, VICTORIA AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6BB
ODS code Y06389
2.4 km
SOUTHEND MEDICAL CENTRE
50-52 LONDON ROAD, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 1NX
ODS code F81159
2.4 km
DR F KHAN CARNAVON ROAD SURGERY
CARNARVON ROAD SURGERY, 1ST FLOOR, 183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81003
2.8 km
DR NAVIN KUMAR
183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81147
2.8 km
WEST ROAD SURGERY
NORTH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81164
2.8 km
DR SOORIAKUMARAN
3 PRINCE AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6RL
ODS code F81092
3.2 km
THE VALKYRIE SURGERY
VALKYRIE ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 50 VALKYRIE ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 8BU
ODS code F81097
3.6 km
WESTCLIFF MEDICAL CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, VALKYRIE PCC, 50 VALKYRIE ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 8BU
ODS code F81207
3.6 km
WAKERING MEDICAL CTR.
274 HIGH STREET, GREAT WAKERING, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS3 0HX
ODS code F81089
3.7 km
DR KUMAR & PTNR - SHOEBURY HC
SHOEBURY HEALTH CENTRE, CAMPFIELD ROAD, SHOEBURYNESS, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS3 9BX
ODS code F81613
3.7 km
SHOEBURY PRACTICE
SHOEBURY HEALTH CENTRE, CAMPFIELD ROAD, SHOEBURYNESS, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS3 9BX
ODS code F81649
3.7 km
DR PUZEY,DR KOTHARI AND DR NANDA
THE PUZEY FAMILY PRACTICE, SOUTHWELL HOUSE, BACK LANE, ROCHFORD, SS4 1AY
ODS code F81007
4.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Whittingham Avenue
BCT · Southchurch
- 0.1 miles
Newington Avenue
BCT · Southchurch
- 0.1 miles
Canterbury Avenue
BCT · Southchurch
- 0.2 miles
Archer Avenue
BCT · Southchurch
- 0.2 miles
Hamstel Road
BCT · Southchurch
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southend-on-Sea 009E, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
2,903 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,988 published events cover 12 months, averaging 249 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,336 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.