Nettleswell

Harlow · East of England · population 8,430 · 5 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,646 of 6,856 in England
  • #621 of 746 in East of England
  • #7 of 11 in Harlow
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,412
Median age (est.)37
Density3,432per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above24%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 32%45–64 24%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 36%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 36%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 33%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative11%
Associate professional10%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 80%Asian: 8%Black: 6%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 80%Asian 8%Black 6%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 44% · Christian 43% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 22%

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

Nettleswell is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,646 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 11 in Harlow. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (79) but weak on Crime (16). Typical homes here sold for about £305,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 91 sales), 9% below the wider Harlow median of £335,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,245 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 106 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 25 · #5,146
Employment 26 · #5,057
Education 24 · #5,187
Health 46 · #3,707
Crime 16 · #5,749
Housing & access 54 · #3,138
Living environment 79 · #1,431

House prices ?

£305,000median (12m) · +3.4% yr · n=91
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£305,00091+3.4%+16.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£380,0009-11.6%+4.4%
Terraced£329,25048+4.9%+24.2%
Flat£220,00033+2.3%+11.4%
This area£305,000
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)£37,245±£5,309 · #4,291 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,609
Price-to-income ?8.2×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 ?

45Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

106 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 896 offences
Harlow97
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,109 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences389
Theft137
Burglary29
Vehicle crime57
Criminal damage & arson82
Public order & weapons108
Drugs52
Robbery21
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 77 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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