Heybridge

Maldon · East of England · population 9,026 · 5 LSOAs

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

61Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,692 of 6,856 in England
  • #373 of 746 in East of England
  • #4 of 8 in Maldon
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,907
Median age (est.)44
Density1,298per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above24%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 14%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 11%Other: 15%
One person 26%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 11%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Managers & directors 14% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Managers & directors14%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Administrative12%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 46% · Muslim 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

Heybridge is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,692 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 8 in Maldon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (91) but weak on Education (34). Typical homes here sold for about £368,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 143 sales), in line with the wider Maldon median of £385,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,619 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 48 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 56 · #3,014
Employment 57 · #2,925
Education 34 · #4,516
Health 60 · #2,733
Crime 66 · #2,294
Housing & access 35 · #4,461
Living environment 91 · #615

House prices ?

£368,000median (12m) · +8.9% yr · n=143
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£368,000143+8.9%+13.2%
Detached£475,00057-1.6%+14.9%
Semi-detached£340,02542+1.0%+11.5%
Terraced£295,00039-1.2%+14.0%
Flat£173,0005-1.1%-0.4%
This area£368,000
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)£42,619±£5,965 · #2,673 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,539
Price-to-income ?8.6×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 ?

57Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

48 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 436 offences
Maldon46
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,966 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences228
Theft45
Burglary11
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons57
Drugs31
Robbery0
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 53 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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