Property market
The five-year median is £315,000 from 2,721 recorded sales in SS8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Castle Point is £362,602 in June 2026, down 1.1% year on year.
SS8
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,202
- Current units
- 903
- Coordinate coverage
- 99%
- Electoral wards
- 5
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 299
Postcode sectors in SS8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
21,616 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 70, Smallgains Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 8LB | 27 July 2026 | £365,000 |
| 25, Grafton Road, Canvey Island, SS8 7BT | 21 July 2026 | £355,000 |
| 5, Handel Road, Canvey Island, SS8 7HL | 21 July 2026 | £460,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 14
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,904
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,317
- Anti social behaviour 373
- Criminal damage and arson 314
- Public order 198
- Other theft 167
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- SS8 usual residents
- 38,327
- Age-profile population
- 38,329
Age bands in SS8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.2%
- 6,208 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- 3,971 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.9%
- 8,407 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26%
- 9,963 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 25.5%
- 9,780 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 890 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 851 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 705 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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
6
in this district
CANVEY VILLAGE SURGERY
391 LONG ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND, SS8 0JH
ODS code F81700
GHAURI PRACTICE
1A HAWKESBURY ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND, SS8 0EX
ODS code F81205
OAKLANDS SURGERY
CENTRAL CANVEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, LONG ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND, SS8 0JA
ODS code F81096
THE COMMUNITY PRACTICE
CENTRAL CANVEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, LONG ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND, SS8 0JA
ODS code F81740
THE ISLAND SURGERY
LONG ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND, SS8 0JA
ODS code F81739
THIRD AVENUE HEALTH CENTRE
THIRD AVENUE, CANVEY ISLAND, SS8 9SU
ODS code F81051
Evidence in context
Schools
14 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,904 published events cover 12 months, averaging 242 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,317 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.