Emerson Park

Havering · London · population 6,017 · 4 LSOAs

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

96Area Score / 100 ?
  • #307 of 6,856 in England
  • #28 of 1,002 in London
  • #4 of 30 in Havering
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,990
Median age (est.)50
Density2,404per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above36%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 11%25–44 21%45–64 27%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 52%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 6%
Own outright 52%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 5%Private rent 6%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 6%Other: 29%
One person 21%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 6%Other 29%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 23% · Administrative 15%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors23%
Administrative15%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure5%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 61%Asian: 27%Black: 4%Mixed: 2%Other: 5%
White 61%Asian 27%Black 4%Mixed 2%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 20% · Sikh 11%

Born outside the UK: 21%

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

Emerson Park is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #307 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #4 of 30 in Havering. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (97) but weak on Housing & access (40). Typical homes here sold for about £810,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 57 sales) — roughly 1.8× the wider Havering median of £450,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,513 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £57,980 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 97 · #204
Employment 92 · #512
Education 79 · #1,410
Health 92 · #581
Crime 93 · #478
Housing & access 40 · #4,077
Living environment 91 · #615

House prices ?

£810,000median (12m) · -12.4% yr · n=57
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£810,00057-12.4%+6.1%
Detached£999,37538-8.3%+15.9%
Semi-detached£556,25016-7.3%+1.4%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=1)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£810,000
Havering£450,000
London£525,512
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)£57,980±£8,302 · #269 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£48,909
Price-to-income ?14.0×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 ?

5Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

28 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 170 offences
Havering74
London102
England83

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

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences76
Theft14
Burglary17
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson11
Public order & weapons6
Drugs13
Robbery6
Other3

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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