Vange & Pitsea

Basildon · East of England · population 8,457 · 5 LSOAs

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

19Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,564 of 6,856 in England
  • #684 of 746 in East of England
  • #17 of 22 in Basildon
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,298
Median age (est.)38
Density894per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above21%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 25%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 26%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Elementary13%
Skilled trades13%
Professional13%
Associate professional10%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 4%Black: 8%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 84%Asian 4%Black 8%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

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

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Vange & Pitsea is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,564 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 22 in Basildon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (53) and lowest on Crime (9). Typical homes here, about £324,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 92 sales), 11% below the wider Basildon median of £364,075. Typical household take-home income is around £37,848 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 109 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 23 · #5,290
Employment 20 · #5,503
Education 18 · #5,640
Health 21 · #5,427
Crime 9 · #6,216
Housing & access 22 · #5,338
Living environment 53 · #3,240

House prices ?

£324,000median (12m) · +6.2% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£324,00092+6.2%+29.1%
Detached£425,00016+9.8%
Semi-detached£340,00013+1.5%+6.2%
Terraced£325,00040+4.8%+25.0%
Flat£178,00023+13.0%+24.7%
This area£324,000
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)£37,848±£5,319 · #4,096 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,872
Price-to-income ?8.6×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than 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 ?

26Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

109 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 921 offences
Basildon88
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,180 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences444
Theft170
Burglary26
Vehicle crime57
Criminal damage & arson87
Public order & weapons69
Drugs45
Robbery11
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 76 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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