Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing

East Hertfordshire · East of England · population 11,242 · 6 LSOAs

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

92Area Score / 100 ?
  • #546 of 6,856 in England
  • #59 of 746 in East of England
  • #5 of 18 in East Hertfordshire
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,833
Median age (est.)42
Density176per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above43%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 30%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 45%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 45%Social rent 9%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 37%Lone parent: 8%Other: 15%
One person 22%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 37%Lone parent 8%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 22% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors22%
Associate professional16%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 39% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #546 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 18 in East Hertfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (98) but weak on Housing & access (40). Typical homes here sold for about £480,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 157 sales), 7% above the wider East Hertfordshire median of £448,125. Typical household take-home income is around £54,784 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 41 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 84 · #1,081
Employment 95 · #355
Education 92 · #512
Health 98 · #115
Crime 86 · #971
Housing & access 40 · #4,077
Living environment 57 · #2,953

House prices ?

£480,000median (12m) · -6.3% yr · n=157
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£480,000157-6.3%+6.2%
Detached£612,50071-10.3%+3.8%
Semi-detached£415,00034-9.8%+6.4%
Terraced£375,22032-5.0%+8.0%
Flat£250,00020-10.7%+4.2%
This area£480,000
East Hertfordshire£448,125
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)£54,784±£8,019 · #485 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,684
Price-to-income ?8.8×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 ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

41 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 464 offences
East Hertfordshire54
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,359 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences213
Theft92
Burglary32
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons27
Drugs26
Robbery1
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 145 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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