Wickford West

Basildon · East of England · population 7,638 · 5 LSOAs

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

80Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,376 of 6,856 in England
  • #180 of 746 in East of England
  • #6 of 22 in Basildon
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,576
Median age (est.)50
Density912per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above20%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 20%45–64 28%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 5%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 8%Other: 22%
One person 25%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 8%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Managers & directors 15% · Administrative 15%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Managers & directors15%
Administrative15%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 39% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Wickford West is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,376 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 22 in Basildon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (84) and lowest on Education (39). Typical homes here sold for about £425,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 110 sales), 17% above the wider Basildon median of £364,075. Typical household take-home income is around £40,639 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 39 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 84 · #1,109
Employment 80 · #1,362
Education 39 · #4,166
Health 78 · #1,534
Crime 62 · #2,617
Housing & access 54 · #3,124
Living environment 79 · #1,424

House prices ?

£425,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=110
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£425,0001100.0%+14.7%
Detached£665,00028+25.5%+38.5%
Semi-detached£398,00069+2.1%+17.1%
Terraced£365,0008-1.6%
Flat£242,5005+5.4%
This area£425,000
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)£40,639±£5,727 · #3,230 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,075
Price-to-income ?10.5×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 ?

53Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

39 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 296 offences
Basildon88
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,147 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences125
Theft36
Burglary24
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons16
Drugs8
Robbery3
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 87 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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