Essex county Census 2021

88.8% people are white, 4.2% people are asian, 3.4% people are black.
47.8% are Christian, 41.6% have no religion, 5.7% provided no answer.
41.3% households have 1 car, 29.8% households have 2 cars, 16.9% households have no car.

Essex population ethnic group

Ethnicity	Essex county	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	4.2%	9.3%
Black	3.4%	4.0%
Mixed	2.6%	2.9%
Other	1.0%	2.1%
White	88.8%	81.7%

Essex population health

Health	Essex county	England & Wales (UK)
very good	48.6%	48.4%
good	34.2%	33.6%
average	12.4%	12.7%
poor	3.7%	4.0%
very poor	1.1%	1.2%

Essex population religion

Religion	Essex county	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.4%	0.5%
Christian	47.8%	46.2%
Hindu	1.1%	1.7%
Jewish	0.6%	0.5%
Muslim	2.1%	6.5%
No answer	5.7%	6.0%
No religion	41.6%	37.2%
Other	0.3%	0.9%
Sikh	0.5%	0.6%

Essex population economic activity

Economic activity	Essex county	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	46.7%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.6%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	8.9%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.4%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	4.8%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	6.2%	7.3%
Retired	23.3%	21.6%
Student, no work	4.4%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.7%	2.8%

Essex car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.38 cars per household in Essex county. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of cars in a household	Essex county	England & Wales (UK)
No car	16.9%	23.3%
1 car	41.3%	41.3%
2 cars	29.8%	26.2%
3+ cars	12.0%	9.2%

Essex household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).