Schools
60 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 11 secondary schools. Sutton House Academy is the nearest published school at 1.2 km.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SS2 5RX
St. Luke's · Southend-on-Sea · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- St. Luke's
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Constituency
- Southend West and Leigh
- Postcode district
- SS2
- Postcode sector
- SS2 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SS2 5RX
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 October 1985
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SS
- Postcode district
- SS2
- Postcode sector
- SS2 5
- Latitude
- 51.562546
- Longitude
- 0.711786
- British National Grid easting
- 588,059
- British National Grid northing
- 188,336
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Southend-on-Sea · E06000033
- Electoral ward
- St. Luke's · E05002221
- Parish or community
- E43000028
- Westminster constituency
- Southend West and Leigh · E14001502
- Output area
- E00080260
- Lower layer super output area
- Southend-on-Sea 006F · E01015874
- Middle layer super output area
- Southend-on-Sea 006 · E02003284
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 5 km of this postcode
- Open schools
- 60
- Primary
- 34
- Secondary
- 11
- 1.2 km
Sutton House Academy
Academy special sponsor led
- 1.2 km
Victory Park Academy
Academy alternative provision sponsor led
- 1.3 km
Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,786
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 736
- Shoplifting 286
- Other theft 137
- Anti social behaviour 132
- Criminal damage and arson 121
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SS2 5 residents
- 9,259
Age bands in SS2 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.6%
- 1,688 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.5%
- 988 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 30%
- 2,585 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.4%
- 2,188 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 13.5%
- 1,164 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.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
24
within 5 km straight-line
DR SOORIAKUMARAN
3 PRINCE AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6RL
ODS code F81092
1.0 km
ST LUKE'S HEALTH CENTRE
PANTILE AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4BD
ODS code Y02707
1.8 km
DR F KHAN CARNAVON ROAD SURGERY
CARNARVON ROAD SURGERY, 1ST FLOOR, 183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81003
2.1 km
DR NAVIN KUMAR
183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81147
2.1 km
WEST ROAD SURGERY
NORTH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81164
2.1 km
SAS MID AND SOUTH ESSEX STP
SUITE 7, SKYLINE PLAZA, VICTORIA AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6BB
ODS code Y06389
2.1 km
DR PUZEY,DR KOTHARI AND DR NANDA
THE PUZEY FAMILY PRACTICE, SOUTHWELL HOUSE, BACK LANE, ROCHFORD, SS4 1AY
ODS code F81007
2.2 km
THE QUEENSWAY SURGERY
QUEENSWAY SURGERY, 75 QUEENSWAY, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 2AB
ODS code F81081
2.3 km
NORTH AVENUE SURGERY
332 NORTH AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4EQ
ODS code F81176
2.4 km
SOUTHEND MEDICAL CENTRE
50-52 LONDON ROAD, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 1NX
ODS code F81159
2.5 km
WARRIOR SQUARE SURGERY
61 WARRIOR SQUARE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 2JJ
ODS code F81656
2.6 km
THE VALKYRIE SURGERY
VALKYRIE ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 50 VALKYRIE ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 8BU
ODS code F81097
3.0 km
WESTCLIFF MEDICAL CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, VALKYRIE PCC, 50 VALKYRIE ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 8BU
ODS code F81207
3.0 km
CENTRAL SURGERY - SOUTHCHURCH BLVD
27 SOUTHCHURCH BOULEVARD, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4UB
ODS code F81086
3.0 km
THE PRACTICE LEECON WAY
1 LEECON WAY, ASHINGTON GARDENS, ROCHFORD, SS4 1TU
ODS code F81675
3.0 km
SCOTT PARK SURGERY
205 WESTERN APPROACHES, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6XY
ODS code F81744
3.1 km
DR KRISHNAN & PTNR - KENT ELMS HC
KENT ELMS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 RAYLEIGH ROAD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81046
3.3 km
DR MALIK - KENT ELMS HC
KENT ELMS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 RAYLEIGH RD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81223
3.3 km
EASTWOOD GROUP PRACTICE
1 RAYLEIGH ROAD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81128
3.3 km
THE PRACTICE NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE
32 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, SOUTHEND ON SEA, SS1 2TH
ODS code Y02177
3.5 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 105 m
The Candlemakers
BCT · Temple Farm Ind Estate
- 296 m
Coopers Way
BCT · Temple Farm Ind Estate
- 327 m
KeyMed
BCT · Temple Farm Ind Estate
- 517 m
Temple Gate Cottages
BCT · Temple Farm Ind Estate
- 523 m
Temple Gate Cottages
BCT · Temple Farm Ind Estate
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southend-on-Sea 006F, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
14,086 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- 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
1,786 published events cover 12 months, averaging 149 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 736 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.