Great Totham, Wickham Bishops & Woodham

Maldon · East of England · population 7,720 · 4 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,513 of 6,856 in England
  • #199 of 746 in East of England
  • #1 of 8 in Maldon
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,553
Median age (est.)51
Density110per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above32%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 30%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 51%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 51%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 7%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 6%Other: 23%
One person 21%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 6%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 22% · Professional 20% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors22%
Professional20%
Associate professional15%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 37% · Hindu 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Great Totham, Wickham Bishops & Woodham is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,513 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 8 in Maldon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (91) but weak on Housing & access (16). Typical homes here sold for about £515,000 over the past year, down 4% across five years (from 100 sales), 34% above the wider Maldon median of £385,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,498 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 24 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 89 · #780
Employment 88 · #800
Education 67 · #2,240
Health 90 · #663
Crime 91 · #601
Housing & access 16 · #5,722
Living environment 27 · #4,995

House prices ?

£515,000median (12m) · +11.4% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£515,000100+11.4%-3.6%
Detached£570,00067-1.7%-11.6%
Semi-detached£406,50024+0.2%+16.1%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Flat£238,0005
This area£515,000
Maldon£385,000
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)£48,498±£6,799 · #1,357 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,043
Price-to-income ?10.6×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 ?

31Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

24 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 183 offences
Maldon46
East of England70
England83

Rank #114 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences80
Theft21
Burglary19
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson15
Public order & weapons14
Drugs11
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 11 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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