Ingatestone & Mountnessing

Brentwood · East of England · population 6,477 · 4 LSOAs

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

81Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,301 of 6,856 in England
  • #171 of 746 in East of England
  • #4 of 9 in Brentwood
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,366
Median age (est.)47
Density228per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above34%
No car or van13%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 11%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 31%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional16%
Administrative13%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 35% · Hindu 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Ingatestone & Mountnessing is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,301 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 9 in Brentwood. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (88) but weak on Housing & access (30). Typical homes here sold for about £628,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 131 sales), 26% above the wider Brentwood median of £500,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,954 a year, in the top third 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 85 · #1,019
Employment 80 · #1,355
Education 76 · #1,678
Health 88 · #814
Crime 70 · #2,061
Housing & access 30 · #4,803
Living environment 54 · #3,165

House prices ?

£628,000median (12m) · +0.9% yr · n=131
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£628,000131+0.9%+8.7%
Detached£845,00056+0.9%+5.0%
Semi-detached£515,00041-6.1%-2.1%
Terraced£525,00017+2.9%+25.0%
Flat£325,00017+4.0%-7.1%
This area£628,000
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)£51,954±£7,374 · #795 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,803
Price-to-income ?12.1×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 ?

15Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

43 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 279 offences
Brentwood68
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,524 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences108
Theft56
Burglary21
Vehicle crime33
Criminal damage & arson16
Public order & weapons22
Drugs9
Robbery0
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 19 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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