Gomshall, Shere & Albury

Guildford · South East · population 5,597 · 3 LSOAs

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

77Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,561 of 6,856 in England
  • #415 of 1,119 in South East
  • #14 of 18 in Guildford
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,662
Median age (est.)51
Density128per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above49%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 17%45–64 33%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 9%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 24%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Managers & directors25%
Professional25%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 35% · Jewish 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

Gomshall, Shere & Albury is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,561 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 18 in Guildford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (98) but weak on Housing & access (9). Typical homes here sold for about £800,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 45 sales), 60% above the wider Guildford median of £500,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,556 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £54,017 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 45 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 90 · #677
Employment 93 · #505
Education 84 · #1,102
Health 98 · #121
Crime 77 · #1,595
Housing & access 9 · #6,236
Living environment 34 · #4,550

House prices ?

£800,000median (12m) · +10.3% yr · n=45
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£800,00045+10.3%+10.3%
Detached£1,002,50022+11.4%+17.4%
Semi-detached£660,00015+5.2%+24.5%
Terraced£550,0007-6.2%-2.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£800,000
Guildford£500,000
South East£385,000
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)£54,017±£7,587 · #558 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£46,271
Price-to-income ?14.8×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 ?

4Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 251 offences
Guildford73
South East71
England83

Rank #1,665 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences100
Theft34
Burglary34
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons26
Drugs5
Robbery1
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 43 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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