Panfield, Finchingfield & Bardfield

Braintree · East of England · population 6,251 · 4 LSOAs

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

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,035 of 6,856 in England
  • #416 of 746 in East of England
  • #10 of 18 in Braintree
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,285
Median age (est.)52
Density68per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above30%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 33%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 12%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 6%Other: 21%
One person 25%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 6%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 21% · Professional 16% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors21%
Professional16%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative12%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Other 0%

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

Panfield, Finchingfield & Bardfield is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,035 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 18 in Braintree. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (82) but weak on Housing & access (7). Typical homes here, about £517,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 78 sales), 50% above the wider Braintree median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,803 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 43 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 76 · #1,671
Employment 74 · #1,794
Education 63 · #2,555
Health 82 · #1,239
Crime 75 · #1,726
Housing & access 7 · #6,360
Living environment 10 · #6,181

House prices ?

£517,500median (12m) · +6.2% yr · n=78
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£517,50078+6.2%+30.4%
Detached£670,00041+22.9%+38.1%
Semi-detached£375,00025+3.0%+5.6%
Terraced£370,0009+4.2%+34.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£517,500
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)£43,803±£6,139 · #2,366 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,419
Price-to-income ?11.8×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 ?

23Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

43 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 270 offences
Braintree57
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,529 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences117
Theft41
Burglary17
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson29
Public order & weapons29
Drugs15
Robbery1
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 11 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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