Loughton North

Epping Forest · East of England · population 9,914 · 6 LSOAs

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

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #828 of 6,856 in England
  • #96 of 746 in East of England
  • #3 of 17 in Epping Forest
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,860
Median age (est.)42
Density1,394per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above40%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 6%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 23%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 22% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors22%
Associate professional15%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 9%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 83%Asian 9%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 30% · Jewish 5%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Loughton North is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #828 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 17 in Epping Forest. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (96) but weak on Living environment (38). Typical homes here sold for about £650,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+0%) (from 151 sales), 26% above the wider Epping Forest median of £515,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #5,874 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £55,134 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 70 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 85 · #999
Employment 90 · #677
Education 76 · #1,609
Health 96 · #259
Crime 47 · #3,645
Housing & access 93 · #457
Living environment 38 · #4,276

House prices ?

£650,000median (12m) · +6.1% yr · n=151
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£650,000151+6.1%0.0%
Detached£1,040,00043+0.6%-2.6%
Semi-detached£708,00045-0.3%+4.1%
Terraced£540,00031+0.6%+2.9%
Flat£332,50032-10.7%-16.9%
This area£650,000
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)£55,134±£7,949 · #467 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,070
Price-to-income ?11.8×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 ?

14Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 698 offences
Epping Forest69
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,564 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences254
Theft189
Burglary34
Vehicle crime48
Criminal damage & arson51
Public order & weapons60
Drugs37
Robbery12
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 60 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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