Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon

Brentwood · East of England · population 6,146 · 4 LSOAs

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

90Area Score / 100 ?
  • #670 of 6,856 in England
  • #73 of 746 in East of England
  • #2 of 9 in Brentwood
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,181
Median age (est.)46
Density296per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above33%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 30%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 3%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 8%Other: 15%
One person 28%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 8%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional16%
Administrative14%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%
Elementary5%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 34% · Hindu 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #670 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 9 in Brentwood. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (96) but weak on Housing & access (20). Typical homes here sold for about £503,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 114 sales), in line with the wider Brentwood median of £500,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,159 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 42 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 95 · #361
Employment 94 · #396
Education 83 · #1,184
Health 96 · #307
Crime 77 · #1,588
Housing & access 20 · #5,448
Living environment 66 · #2,342

House prices ?

£503,000median (12m) · -2.3% yr · n=114
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£503,000114-2.3%+7.0%
Detached£837,50034+3.1%+22.7%
Semi-detached£498,00047-0.4%+8.3%
Terraced£385,00021+4.1%+5.5%
Flat£219,25012+14.2%-21.7%
This area£503,000
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)£47,159±£6,803 · #1,604 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,660
Price-to-income ?10.7×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 ?

36Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

42 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 256 offences
Brentwood68
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,396 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences83
Theft29
Burglary18
Vehicle crime54
Criminal damage & arson18
Public order & weapons32
Drugs12
Robbery2
Other8

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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