Mark Hall & Templefields

Harlow · East of England · population 7,905 · 5 LSOAs

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

26Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,078 of 6,856 in England
  • #655 of 746 in East of England
  • #10 of 11 in Harlow
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,971
Median age (est.)37
Density2,194per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above21%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 24%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 41%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 41%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 18%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 18%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Skilled trades 13% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Skilled trades13%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 5%Black: 6%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 84%Asian 5%Black 6%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 42% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 18%

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

Mark Hall & Templefields is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,078 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 11 in Harlow. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (74) but weak on Crime (16). Typical homes here sold for about £320,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 54 sales), in line with the wider Harlow median of £335,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,366 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 157 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 18 · #5,599
Employment 18 · #5,653
Education 20 · #5,462
Health 42 · #3,947
Crime 16 · #5,743
Housing & access 60 · #2,761
Living environment 74 · #1,780

House prices ?

£320,000median (12m) · -2.1% yr · n=54
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£320,00054-2.1%+13.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£360,0005-22.5%+8.3%
Terraced£337,25028+3.1%+14.3%
Flat£190,00019+5.6%-7.3%
This area£320,000
Harlow£335,000
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)£36,366±£5,135 · #4,577 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,834
Price-to-income ?8.8×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 ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

157 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,242 offences
Harlow97
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,966 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences518
Theft283
Burglary33
Vehicle crime84
Criminal damage & arson85
Public order & weapons123
Drugs70
Robbery18
Other28

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 156 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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