Horsley & Effingham

Guildford · South East · population 10,026 · 7 LSOAs

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

98Area Score / 100 ?
  • #149 of 6,856 in England
  • #52 of 1,119 in South East
  • #3 of 18 in Guildford
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,929
Median age (est.)49
Density328per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above53%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 16%45–64 32%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 6%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 21%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 26% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors26%
Associate professional16%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service4%
Elementary4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 34% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Horsley & Effingham is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #149 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #3 of 18 in Guildford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (99) but weak on Housing & access (34). Typical homes here sold for about £875,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 142 sales), 75% 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 #6,648 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £58,902 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 28 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 99 · #94
Employment 99 · #53
Education 96 · #259
Health 99 · #67
Crime 96 · #286
Housing & access 34 · #4,550
Living environment 88 · #855

House prices ?

£875,000median (12m) · +1.4% yr · n=142
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£875,000142+1.4%+9.7%
Detached£1,100,00092-2.7%+23.2%
Semi-detached£640,00035-1.5%+10.3%
Terraced£405,0007-23.6%-24.3%
Flat£270,0008-14.6%
This area£875,000
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)£58,902±£8,435 · #232 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£47,730
Price-to-income ?14.9×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
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

28 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 285 offences
Guildford73
South East71
England83

Rank #318 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences135
Theft43
Burglary23
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons23
Drugs6
Robbery1
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 73 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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