Ashingdon

Rochford · East of England · population 8,029 · 5 LSOAs

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

85Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,006 of 6,856 in England
  • #126 of 746 in East of England
  • #5 of 11 in Rochford
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,913
Median age (est.)49
Density658per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above21%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 20%45–64 29%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 3%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 24%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Administrative14%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 42% · 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

Ashingdon is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,006 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 11 in Rochford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (90) but weak on Housing & access (28). Typical homes here sold for about £406,500 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 136 sales), in line with the wider Rochford median of £410,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,004 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 28 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 87 · #889
Employment 81 · #1,287
Education 64 · #2,493
Health 82 · #1,211
Crime 82 · #1,225
Housing & access 28 · #4,899
Living environment 90 · #677

House prices ?

£406,500median (12m) · +4.2% yr · n=136
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£406,500136+4.2%+21.8%
Detached£526,00050+2.1%+11.9%
Semi-detached£379,00072+3.1%+22.3%
Terraced£303,00011-3.0%+10.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£406,500
Rochford£410,000
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)£44,004±£6,184 · #2,320 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,126
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 ?

61Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

28 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 226 offences
Rochford45
East of England70
England83

Rank #294 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences123
Theft18
Burglary4
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson29
Public order & weapons15
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 23 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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