1980–81 Essex Senior Football League

The 1980–81 season was the tenth in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.

The league featured 15 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with two new clubs:
 * Chelmsford City reserves
 * Halstead Town, joined from the Essex and Suffolk Border League

Bowers & Pitsea were champions, winning their first Essex Senior League title.