Whitmore Way & Fremnells

Basildon · East of England · population 9,889 · 5 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,886 of 6,856 in England
  • #639 of 746 in East of England
  • #15 of 22 in Basildon
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,790
Median age (est.)35
Density2,998per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above21%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 11%25–44 31%45–64 23%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 28%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 28%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 16%Other: 13%
One person 26%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 16%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 14% · Professional 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Associate professional10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 4%Black: 6%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 4%Black 6%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 42% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Whitmore Way & Fremnells is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,886 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 22 in Basildon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (80) but weak on Education (15). Typical homes here sold for about £325,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 147 sales), 11% below the wider Basildon median of £364,075. Typical household take-home income is around £40,473 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 121 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 27 · #4,982
Employment 28 · #4,899
Education 15 · #5,797
Health 32 · #4,673
Crime 35 · #4,433
Housing & access 26 · #5,098
Living environment 80 · #1,342

House prices ?

£325,000median (12m) · -3.7% yr · n=147
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£325,000147-3.7%+16.1%
Detached£435,0008+4.8%+13.0%
Semi-detached£389,00026+0.4%+16.1%
Terraced£324,750104-0.1%+22.5%
Flat£213,0009+10.6%+17.4%
This area£325,000
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)£40,473±£5,696 · #3,278 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,714
Price-to-income ?8.0×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 ?

37Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

121 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,201 offences
Basildon88
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,487 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences428
Theft382
Burglary47
Vehicle crime73
Criminal damage & arson86
Public order & weapons103
Drugs44
Robbery15
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 135 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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