Rettendon & Runwell

Chelmsford · East of England · population 6,756 · 4 LSOAs

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

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,973 of 6,856 in England
  • #407 of 746 in East of England
  • #15 of 22 in Chelmsford
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,504
Median age (est.)48
Density280per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above23%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 6%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 8%Other: 22%
One person 24%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 8%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional13%
Administrative13%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 42% · Muslim 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

Rettendon & Runwell 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 Health (79) but weak on Housing & access (15). Typical homes here sold for about £446,250 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 98 sales), 10% above the wider Chelmsford median of £407,500. Typical household take-home income is around £42,369 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 59 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 68 · #2,171
Employment 59 · #2,795
Education 44 · #3,830
Health 79 · #1,417
Crime 63 · #2,521
Housing & access 15 · #5,797
Living environment 39 · #4,180

House prices ?

£446,250median (12m) · +6.2% yr · n=98
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£446,25098+6.2%+2.4%
Detached£585,00042-0.8%+8.9%
Semi-detached£382,50043-1.9%+5.7%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Flat£180,00010+2.9%-42.9%
This area£446,250
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)£42,369±£6,011 · #2,741 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,276
Price-to-income ?10.5×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 ?

35Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

59 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 401 offences
Chelmsford75
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,827 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences202
Theft52
Burglary21
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson29
Public order & weapons39
Drugs12
Robbery0
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 51 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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