Total population of Shoeburyness 28,000 (18,293 at 1991 census)
Shoeburyness is the largest Council Ward in Europe and is a low to middle income area with some employment difficulties. This is one of the highest areas of personal debt in the UK and there are some accompanying behavioral and drug problems.
Housing, private and council, is divided into several different 'estates' which have distinctive characteristics and some of which cross the North/South parish boundaries.
Centres of local government, social services and charitable organisations are sparse due centralisation in Southend-on-Sea.
School intakes are average for the UK. Key stage and GCSE results are average for the UK.
South Shoebury, has a total population of 13,000. This population is very mixed, in both social classification and age - as might be expected from a long established area of habitation. It generally retains much of its original 'flavour'. Divided into three main sections - The Village, Cambridge Town and The Painters, there are beaches, parks and common land as well as a railway terminus, shopping centres, schools and Army establishments.
Similar area to South Shoebury bordered by farmland rather than by the North Sea.
Originally a rural agricultural centre of a few houses, an excise house and a church.
Demography, housing schooling, etc. mostly the same (same council ward) except for the area of Bishopsteignton which is basically a higher income and expectation area.
Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin.
An area created between the wars on agricultural land between Southchurch and Shoebury.
Higher income area with generally more select housing.
Parish Church of St. Augustine's.
Expanding rural urban district in the Hundred of Rochford.
Parish Church of St. Nicholas.
West Road, Shoeburyness (S. Shoe)
Ness Road, Shoeburyness (S. Shoe)
High Street, Shoeburyness (S. Shoe)
The Renown, Shoeburyness (N. Shoe)
The Broadway, Thorpe Bay
All the usual "High Street" stores (Debenhams, Boots, WH Smith, Virgin, C&A, HMV, etc, etc.) have establishments in Southend-on-Sea
ASDA - Shoeburyness (N. Shoe)
Waitrose - Southchurch
Tesco - Leigh-on-Sea
Safeway - Eastwood
Sainsbury - Southend
Lakeside - Thurrock (40 mins. drive)
Gunner's Park Large, ex-army ranges. Mostly grass. Leading towards but not as far as seashore.
No formalised recreational facilities.
Shoebury Park Recreational park.
Football and cricket pitches in season. Bowling green, tennis courts, fishing lake and toddlers play area.
Shoeburyness station, in South Shoebury High Street, is the Eastern terminus of the London, Tilbury and Southend Line (LTS) which runs between Shoeburyness and Fenchurch Street.
Journey time to London is approximately one hour with regular services throughout the day.
There are many bus services running across Shoeburyness and Thorpe Bay servicing all of the surrounding districts but often with connections to be made at several points.
The services are particularly geared to the 8.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. cycle.
Two main routes serve Shoeburyness, the A13 and the B1016, the former leading to Southend's Victoria Circus and the latter to Southend Sea Front.
The A13 and the A127 both have direct junctions onto the M25 and the A127 also has junctions leading northwards towards Chelmsford and Colchester for North Essex, Suffolk and East Anglia.
Shoebury has three 'business areas' and one factory area. There is also an HM Customs and Excise secure computer unit and the MOD Shoebury Ranges facility, mostly operated by civilian contractors.
In these and across the whole of Shoeburyness there are 110 businesses registered with or recognised by the Southend Chamber of Commerce.
Industry is mostly light manufacturing or warehousing.
There is a "Seedbed" Centre which functions to assist small businesses to set up.
The largest employer based in the parish is the QinetiQ
Railtrack, London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (C2C), HM Customs and Excise (Southend) and Royal Mail are the other large 'local' full time employers.
EGL has local warehousing and manufacturing plants.
ASDA employs many people on a part time basis.
There are one or two other employers based in the parish with a labour force of greater than 25 people. The major clearing banks have 'Card Service' departments in Southend and are major employers in the Southend area. The majority of residents commute to London, Basildon, Chelmsford and farther afield to employment.
