Gidea Park

Havering · London · population 9,729 · 6 LSOAs

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

72Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,952 of 6,856 in England
  • #210 of 1,002 in London
  • #12 of 30 in Havering
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,614
Median age (est.)42
Density3,430per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above35%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 10%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 11%Other: 19%
One person 28%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 11%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional16%
Administrative14%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 76%Asian: 12%Black: 6%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 76%Asian 12%Black 6%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 29% · Muslim 5%

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

Gidea Park is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,952 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 30 in Havering. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (76) and lowest on Living environment (41). Typical homes here sold for about £575,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 131 sales), 28% above the wider Havering median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £53,755 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 60 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 60 · #2,726
Employment 68 · #2,157
Education 75 · #1,712
Health 76 · #1,630
Crime 55 · #3,090
Housing & access 65 · #2,411
Living environment 41 · #4,015

House prices ?

£575,000median (12m) · +8.1% yr · n=131
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£575,000131+8.1%+11.7%
Detached£913,75030+6.9%+31.5%
Semi-detached£670,00035+5.5%+21.6%
Terraced£585,00017+23.2%+15.8%
Flat£295,000490.0%+4.5%
This area£575,000
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)£53,755±£7,664 · #595 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,024
Price-to-income ?10.7×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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

60 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 589 offences
Havering74
London102
England83

Rank #2,899 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences178
Theft159
Burglary26
Vehicle crime77
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons40
Drugs43
Robbery24
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 159 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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