Basildon Central & Pipps Hill

Basildon · East of England · population 9,615 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

15Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,832 of 6,856 in England
  • #697 of 746 in East of England
  • #18 of 22 in Basildon
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,610
Median age (est.)35
Density2,892per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above22%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 22%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 36%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 36%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 17%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 17%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Professional 14% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional14%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure12%
Administrative11%
Associate professional10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 80%Asian: 6%Black: 9%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 80%Asian 6%Black 9%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 44% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 19%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Basildon Central & Pipps Hill is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,832 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 22 in Basildon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (76) but weak on Crime (5). Typical homes here sold for about £300,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 87 sales), 18% below the wider Basildon median of £364,075. Typical household take-home income is around £38,384 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 224 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 14 · #5,887
Employment 14 · #5,859
Education 16 · #5,756
Health 21 · #5,400
Crime 5 · #6,510
Housing & access 27 · #5,002
Living environment 76 · #1,657

House prices ?

£300,000median (12m) · +2.6% yr · n=87
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£300,00087+2.6%+20.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£360,0007+4.0%+32.1%
Terraced£312,50062+1.8%+25.0%
Flat£204,00018-7.3%+3.8%
This area£300,000
Basildon£364,075
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£38,384±£5,416 · #3,906 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,798
Price-to-income ?7.8×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

24Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

224 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,156 offences
Basildon88
East of England70
England83

Rank #6,233 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences870
Theft439
Burglary59
Vehicle crime126
Criminal damage & arson158
Public order & weapons220
Drugs182
Robbery44
Other58

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 365 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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