Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden

Chelmsford · East of England · population 7,204 · 4 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,363 of 6,856 in England
  • #319 of 746 in East of England
  • #14 of 22 in Chelmsford
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,234
Median age (est.)51
Density132per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above29%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 32%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 8%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 28%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 24% · Professional 18% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors24%
Professional18%
Associate professional14%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

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 61% · No religion 32% · Muslim 0%

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

Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,363 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 22 in Chelmsford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (93) but weak on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here sold for about £720,750 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 90 sales), 77% above the wider Chelmsford median of £407,500. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,419 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £44,565 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 46 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 90 · #690
Employment 93 · #485
Education 68 · #2,219
Health 89 · #745
Crime 57 · #2,932
Housing & access 8 · #6,298
Living environment 19 · #5,530

House prices ?

£720,750median (12m) · -13.7% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£720,75090-13.7%+3.7%
Detached£945,00057-5.5%+11.8%
Semi-detached£497,50019-15.3%+10.6%
Terraced£448,0009-1.8%
Flat£248,5005-20.6%-36.3%
This area£720,750
Chelmsford£407,500
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)£44,565±£6,261 · #2,183 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,470
Price-to-income ?16.2×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 ?

6Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 332 offences
Chelmsford75
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,786 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences153
Theft44
Burglary22
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson35
Public order & weapons26
Drugs13
Robbery0
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 71 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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