Great Ashby & Wymondley

North Hertfordshire · East of England · population 7,303 · 5 LSOAs

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

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #958 of 6,856 in England
  • #117 of 746 in East of England
  • #5 of 16 in North Hertfordshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,401
Median age (est.)38
Density537per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above39%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 10%25–44 31%45–64 27%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 50%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 50%Social rent 12%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 36%Lone parent: 11%Other: 11%
One person 22%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 36%Lone parent 11%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors16%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 6%Black: 5%Mixed: 5%Other: 1%
White 83%Asian 6%Black 5%Mixed 5%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 43% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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 Ashby & Wymondley is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #958 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 16 in North Hertfordshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (92) and lowest on Housing & access (39). Typical homes here sold for about £372,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 115 sales), 11% below the wider North Hertfordshire median of £420,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,794 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 40 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 77 · #1,575
Employment 83 · #1,170
Education 70 · #2,075
Health 80 · #1,376
Crime 88 · #807
Housing & access 39 · #4,193
Living environment 92 · #526

House prices ?

£372,000median (12m) · +1.8% yr · n=115
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£372,000115+1.8%+8.5%
Detached£585,00023+4.0%+25.1%
Semi-detached£398,50030-3.5%+15.5%
Terraced£344,50046+2.8%+7.7%
Flat£226,25016+31.2%+63.4%
This area£372,000
North Hertfordshire£420,000
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)£50,794±£7,492 · #926 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,261
Price-to-income ?7.3×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

73Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

40 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 293 offences
North Hertfordshire52
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,267 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences168
Theft29
Burglary9
Vehicle crime19
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons23
Drugs9
Robbery1
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 79 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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