Waterhouse Lane & Admirals Park

Chelmsford · East of England · population 10,430 · 6 LSOAs

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

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,994 of 6,856 in England
  • #410 of 746 in East of England
  • #17 of 22 in Chelmsford
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,346
Median age (est.)37
Density3,396per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above40%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 32%45–64 25%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 20%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 11%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 11%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary11%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 8%Black: 4%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 83%Asian 8%Black 4%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 43% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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

Waterhouse Lane & Admirals Park is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,994 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 22 in Chelmsford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (90) but weak on Crime (25). Typical homes here sold for about £370,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 140 sales), 9% below the wider Chelmsford median of £407,500. Typical household take-home income is around £47,043 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 95 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 46 · #3,707
Employment 48 · #3,549
Education 59 · #2,795
Health 55 · #3,090
Crime 25 · #5,132
Housing & access 90 · #670
Living environment 62 · #2,582

House prices ?

£370,000median (12m) · +4.5% yr · n=140
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£370,000140+4.5%+18.0%
Detached£646,00026+0.9%+21.1%
Semi-detached£422,75028-6.1%+12.8%
Terraced£377,00043+4.7%+17.8%
Flat£220,00043+4.8%+20.9%
This area£370,000
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)£47,043±£6,630 · #1,622 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,249
Price-to-income ?7.9×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

53Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

95 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 992 offences
Chelmsford75
East of England70
England83

Rank #4,745 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences434
Theft240
Burglary36
Vehicle crime30
Criminal damage & arson53
Public order & weapons82
Drugs73
Robbery14
Other30

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 85 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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