Brentwood South & Warley

Brentwood · East of England · population 8,446 · 5 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,637 of 6,856 in England
  • #365 of 746 in East of England
  • #8 of 9 in Brentwood
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,518
Median age (est.)41
Density446per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above36%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 29%45–64 26%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 20%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 12%Other: 13%
One person 32%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional15%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 5%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 86%Asian 5%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 35% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Brentwood South & Warley is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,637 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 9 in Brentwood. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (69) and lowest on Employment (50). Typical homes here sold for about £448,750 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 110 sales), 10% below the wider Brentwood median of £500,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,581 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 77 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 52 · #3,309
Employment 50 · #3,432
Education 62 · #2,630
Health 63 · #2,548
Crime 51 · #3,357
Housing & access 60 · #2,747
Living environment 69 · #2,109

House prices ?

£448,750median (12m) · +1.5% yr · n=110
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£448,750110+1.5%+11.4%
Detached£915,00022+25.4%+8.6%
Semi-detached£550,00031-1.5%+21.9%
Terraced£402,50022-27.2%+6.6%
Flat£285,00035-1.7%+5.9%
This area£448,750
Brentwood£500,000
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)£50,581±£7,163 · #961 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,955
Price-to-income ?8.9×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 ?

77 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 648 offences
Brentwood68
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,911 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences268
Theft72
Burglary27
Vehicle crime90
Criminal damage & arson60
Public order & weapons67
Drugs50
Robbery2
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 69 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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