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Pier

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South Tendring. About 2,776 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Pier live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,589
Joint 720th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
7.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Pier compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

PierMiddle
Population32 wards, Tendring · 2021
Population: every ward in Tendring32 areas from 2,589 to 8,678. The middle area is 3,459. Pier is 2,589.
2,589least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares32 wards, Tendring · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Tendring32 areas from 0.0% to 46.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Pier is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage32 wards, Tendring · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Tendring32 areas from 39.1% to 99.9%. The middle area is 84.5%. Pier is 96.1%.
96.1%6th highest
Claimant rate32 wards, Tendring · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Tendring32 areas from 1.5% to 8.6%. The middle area is 3.2%. Pier is 7.1%.
7.1%3rd highest

Is Pier safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Pier at a rate of 166.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 94.0 per 1,000 people across Tendring.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 31 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Pier.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (131), anti-social behaviour (61) and other crime (39).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Tendring

These figures are published for the whole of Tendring, not for each ward, so they describe all of Tendring and not Pier alone. See Tendring

Average house price
£259,568
Down 1.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,799
142nd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.5×
Joint 128th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
32.1
25th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Pier in brief

Pier had 2,589 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Pier live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Pier, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Pier, 7.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.