Steeple Bumpstead & Great Yeldham

Braintree · East of England · population 7,102 · 4 LSOAs

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

52Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,302 of 6,856 in England
  • #450 of 746 in East of England
  • #11 of 18 in Braintree
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,021
Median age (est.)50
Density81per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above29%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 19%45–64 33%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 12%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 22%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades14%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 42% · Other 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

Steeple Bumpstead & Great Yeldham sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,302 of 6,856 in England, and #11 of 18 in Braintree. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (83) but weak on Housing & access (6). Typical homes here, about £430,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 25% in five years (from 69 sales), 25% above the wider Braintree median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,047 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 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 68 · #2,164
Employment 61 · #2,658
Education 54 · #3,131
Health 83 · #1,191
Crime 81 · #1,273
Housing & access 6 · #6,442
Living environment 17 · #5,715

House prices ?

£430,000median (12m) · +18.4% yr · n=69
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£430,00069+18.4%+25.1%
Detached£520,00039+16.9%+21.6%
Semi-detached£337,50022+2.0%+12.5%
Terraced£260,1007+3.4%+4.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£430,000
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)£41,047±£5,816 · #3,114 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,965
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 ?

35Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 245 offences
Braintree57
East of England70
England83

Rank #767 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences118
Theft21
Burglary23
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons21
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 17 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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