Fyfield, High Ongar & Stapleford Abbotts

Epping Forest · East of England · population 7,394 · 3 LSOAs

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

44Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,837 of 6,856 in England
  • #519 of 746 in East of England
  • #14 of 17 in Epping Forest
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,372
Median age (est.)48
Density54per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above27%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 11%25–44 20%45–64 32%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 10%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 20%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 9%Other: 22%
One person 20%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 9%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 25% · Professional 15% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors25%
Professional15%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative13%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 36% · Jewish 2%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Fyfield, High Ongar & Stapleford Abbotts is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,837 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 17 in Epping Forest. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (96) but weak on Living environment (5). Typical homes here sold for about £772,500 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 75 sales), 50% above the wider Epping Forest median of £515,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,841 a year, in the top third 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 67 · #2,260
Employment 72 · #1,911
Education 36 · #4,358
Health 96 · #286
Crime 40 · #4,125
Housing & access 6 · #6,414
Living environment 5 · #6,531

House prices ?

£772,500median (12m) · +3.0% yr · n=75
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£772,50075+3.0%+10.4%
Detached£838,50048-10.2%-2.2%
Semi-detached£665,00021+8.1%+40.0%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£772,500
Epping Forest£515,000
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)£47,841±£6,786 · #1,471 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,987
Price-to-income ?16.1×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 ?

3Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

59 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 438 offences
Epping Forest69
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,812 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences183
Theft39
Burglary32
Vehicle crime57
Criminal damage & arson62
Public order & weapons35
Drugs17
Robbery2
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 27 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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