Central Chelmsford East

Chelmsford · East of England · population 7,747 · 4 LSOAs

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

57Area Score / 100 ?
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In summary

Central Chelmsford East is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,973 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 22 in Chelmsford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (84) but weak on Crime (10). Typical homes here sold for about £270,000 over the past year, down 12% across five years (from 156 sales), 34% below the wider Chelmsford median of £407,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,404 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 57 · #2,946
Employment 66 · #2,294
Education 72 · #1,911
Health 43 · #3,912
Crime 10 · #6,202
Housing & access 84 · #1,095
Living environment 44 · #3,837

House prices ?

£270,000median (12m) · -6.9% yr · n=156
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£270,000156-6.9%-11.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£370,0005-13.5%-1.3%
Terraced£397,50033+1.9%+20.5%
Flat£247,500116-1.0%-9.2%
This area£270,000
Chelmsford£407,500
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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Affordability-adjusted Score ?

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