Halstead East & Colnes

Braintree · East of England · population 9,902 · 5 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,787 of 6,856 in England
  • #238 of 746 in East of England
  • #3 of 18 in Braintree
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,494
Median age (est.)47
Density309per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above27%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 12%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 26%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades14%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Halstead East & Colnes is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,787 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 18 in Braintree. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (74) and lowest on Housing & access (46). Typical homes here sold for about £365,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 155 sales), 6% above the wider Braintree median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,161 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 35 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 65 · #2,425
Employment 74 · #1,774
Education 48 · #3,549
Health 72 · #1,897
Crime 74 · #1,746
Housing & access 46 · #3,727
Living environment 74 · #1,808

House prices ?

£365,000median (12m) · +9.0% yr · n=155
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£365,000155+9.0%+9.4%
Detached£472,50070+2.1%+21.2%
Semi-detached£317,75046+4.2%+11.5%
Terraced£272,50034+10.1%+18.5%
Flat£160,0005-27.3%-13.2%
This area£365,000
Braintree£345,000
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)£42,161±£5,913 · #2,799 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,755
Price-to-income ?8.7×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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

35 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 350 offences
Braintree57
East of England70
England83

Rank #842 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences216
Theft28
Burglary9
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons29
Drugs10
Robbery0
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 24 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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