North Weald, Matching & Sheering

Epping Forest · East of England · population 9,252 · 5 LSOAs

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

70Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,082 of 6,856 in England
  • #277 of 746 in East of England
  • #8 of 17 in Epping Forest
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,283
Median age (est.)45
Density239per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above27%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 12%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 30%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional14%
Administrative13%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

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 52% · No religion 39% · Jewish 2%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

North Weald, Matching & Sheering is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,082 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 17 in Epping Forest. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (97) but weak on Housing & access (31). Typical homes here sold for about £462,500 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 136 sales), 10% below the wider Epping Forest median of £515,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,278 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 66 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 · #2,226
Employment 75 · #1,719
Education 47 · #3,645
Health 97 · #197
Crime 48 · #3,597
Housing & access 31 · #4,714
Living environment 52 · #3,268

House prices ?

£462,500median (12m) · +10.8% yr · n=136
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£462,500136+10.8%+23.3%
Detached£637,00033-13.3%+1.0%
Semi-detached£512,88536+9.7%+25.1%
Terraced£405,00032+6.3%+16.2%
Flat£242,00035-4.3%-3.0%
This area£462,500
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)£46,278±£6,601 · #1,781 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,762
Price-to-income ?10.0×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 ?

37Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

66 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 614 offences
Epping Forest69
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,303 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences206
Theft175
Burglary26
Vehicle crime56
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons52
Drugs24
Robbery3
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 47 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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