Great Wakering & Foulness

Rochford · East of England · population 8,134 · 5 LSOAs

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

53Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,234 of 6,856 in England
  • #438 of 746 in East of England
  • #10 of 11 in Rochford
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,930
Median age (est.)45
Density134per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above20%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 11%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 25%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative12%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 44% · Other 1%

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 Wakering & Foulness sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,234 of 6,856 in England, and #10 of 11 in Rochford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (61) and lowest on Housing & access (21). Typical homes here sold for about £375,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 110 sales), 9% below the wider Rochford median of £410,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,604 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 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 49 · #3,480
Employment 57 · #2,918
Education 35 · #4,461
Health 59 · #2,781
Crime 61 · #2,665
Housing & access 21 · #5,386
Living environment 61 · #2,658

House prices ?

£375,000median (12m) · +10.3% yr · n=110
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£375,000110+10.3%+17.6%
Detached£459,00039+6.7%+12.0%
Semi-detached£370,00042+9.5%+28.5%
Terraced£325,00020+6.4%+7.4%
Flat£170,6259+16.1%+34.4%
This area£375,000
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)£43,604±£6,158 · #2,422 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,090
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 ?

49Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 382 offences
Rochford45
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,869 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences223
Theft31
Burglary12
Vehicle crime19
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons36
Drugs19
Robbery0
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 35 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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