Felmore & Bowers Gifford

Basildon · East of England · population 8,541 · 6 LSOAs

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

21Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,441 of 6,856 in England
  • #677 of 746 in East of England
  • #16 of 22 in Basildon
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,546
Median age (est.)40
Density682per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above20%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 26%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 19%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 30%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 13% · Skilled trades 13% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary13%
Skilled trades13%
Professional13%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors12%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional10%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 2%Black: 6%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 2%Black 6%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 45% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Felmore & Bowers Gifford is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,441 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 22 in Basildon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (72) but weak on Education (12). Typical homes here sold for about £305,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 101 sales), 16% below the wider Basildon median of £364,075. Typical household take-home income is around £38,897 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 103 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 26 · #5,098
Employment 26 · #5,098
Education 12 · #6,051
Health 22 · #5,379
Crime 28 · #4,961
Housing & access 13 · #5,962
Living environment 72 · #1,904

House prices ?

£305,000median (12m) · +3.4% yr · n=101
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£305,000101+3.4%+20.6%
Detached£505,00014+20.2%+21.7%
Semi-detached£335,00029+0.8%+14.5%
Terraced£300,00034+2.6%+21.6%
Flat£200,00024+3.2%+8.1%
This area£305,000
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)£38,897±£5,474 · #3,745 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,868
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 ?

31Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

103 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 883 offences
Basildon88
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,039 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences374
Theft151
Burglary27
Vehicle crime80
Criminal damage & arson104
Public order & weapons75
Drugs39
Robbery9
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 98 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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