Kelvedon Hatch & Doddinghurst

Brentwood · East of England · population 9,924 · 7 LSOAs

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

71Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,993 of 6,856 in England
  • #265 of 746 in East of England
  • #6 of 9 in Brentwood
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,866
Median age (est.)50
Density206per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above27%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 19%45–64 30%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 7%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 8%Private rent 7%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 8%Other: 22%
One person 21%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 8%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 19% · Professional 18% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors19%
Professional18%
Associate professional15%
Administrative13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 33% · Jewish 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

Kelvedon Hatch & Doddinghurst is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,993 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 9 in Brentwood. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (88) but weak on Housing & access (17). Typical homes here sold for about £582,500 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 108 sales), 16% above the wider Brentwood median of £500,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,361 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 81 · #1,280
Employment 72 · #1,931
Education 56 · #3,014
Health 88 · #821
Crime 72 · #1,924
Housing & access 17 · #5,701
Living environment 63 · #2,548

House prices ?

£582,500median (12m) · -0.4% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£582,500108-0.4%+17.1%
Detached£700,000550.0%+17.4%
Semi-detached£530,00038+3.9%+15.2%
Terraced£450,00014+7.8%+18.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£582,500
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)£47,361±£6,663 · #1,577 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,764
Price-to-income ?12.3×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 ?

18Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

42 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 412 offences
Brentwood68
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,383 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences172
Theft57
Burglary23
Vehicle crime55
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons38
Drugs13
Robbery3
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 54 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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