Petersfield Avenue & Duck Wood

Havering · London · population 9,366 · 5 LSOAs

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

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,030 of 6,856 in England
  • #709 of 1,002 in London
  • #27 of 30 in Havering
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,346
Median age (est.)36
Density3,337per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above28%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 12%25–44 30%45–64 25%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 33%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 33%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 16%Other: 14%
One person 27%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 16%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Elementary12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Managers & directors10%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 74%Asian: 10%Black: 11%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 74%Asian 10%Black 11%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 35% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 23%

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

Petersfield Avenue & Duck Wood is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,030 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 30 in Havering. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (58) and lowest on Housing & access (20). Typical homes here sold for about £408,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 81 sales), 9% below the wider Havering median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,129 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 63 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 26 · #5,091
Employment 26 · #5,064
Education 21 · #5,427
Health 35 · #4,474
Crime 25 · #5,126
Housing & access 20 · #5,482
Living environment 58 · #2,891

House prices ?

£408,000median (12m) · +4.6% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£408,00081+4.6%+19.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£453,75018+9.3%+21.6%
Terraced£409,00044+0.5%+15.6%
Flat£206,75016-4.7%-6.0%
This area£408,000
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)£44,129±£6,301 · #2,288 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,237
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

23Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

63 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 587 offences
Havering74
London102
England83

Rank #3,047 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences234
Theft79
Burglary27
Vehicle crime68
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons52
Drugs62
Robbery9
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 150 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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