What is the Area Score for Rayleigh South West?

Rayleigh South West in Rochford has an Area Score of 79 out of 100, ranking #1,410 of 6,856 neighbourhoods in England. A higher score means less deprivation.

What is the typical house price in Rayleigh South West?

The median home in Rayleigh South West sold for £410,000 over the past year, based on 132 sales recorded by HM Land Registry.

Is Rayleigh South West good value for money?

On our Affordability-adjusted Score — which combines low deprivation with cheaper-than-average prices — Rayleigh South West ranks #2,960 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods in England.

Rayleigh South West

Rochford · East of England · population 8,710 · 6 LSOAs

Part of Rayleigh South · Postcode SS6

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

79Area Score / 100 ?

#1,410 of 6,856 in England
#185 of 746 in East of England
#6 of 11 in Rochford
Less deprived (top 30%)

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In summary

Rayleigh South West is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,410 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 11 in Rochford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (94) and lowest on Education (57). Typical homes here sold for about £410,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 132 sales), in line with the wider Rochford median of £410,000.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 69 · #2,151

Employment 68 · #2,164

Education 57 · #2,953

Health 77 · #1,568

Crime 58 · #2,884

Housing & access 94 · #375

Living environment 60 · #2,740

House prices ?

£410,000median (12m) · +9.3% yr · n=132

Type	Median (12m)	Sales	1yr	5yr
All homes	£410,000	132	+9.3%	+12.8%
Detached	£520,000	35	-5.5%	+3.5%
Semi-detached	£417,500	63	+6.4%	+14.5%
Terraced	Too few sales to report (n=2)
Flat	£220,000	32	+4.5%	+14.3%

This area£410,000

Rochford£410,000

East of England£348,000

England£300,000

Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

57Affordability-adjusted Score / 100

#2,960 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.

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Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

New Thundersley (Castle Point) Rayleigh South East Rayleigh North East Benfleet North (Castle Point) Hadleigh North (Castle Point) Benfleet Appleton (Castle Point)

Other areas in Rochford

Similar areas across England

Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.

Shrivenham, Watchfield & UffingtonVale of White Horse79£408,750
Dunton Bassett, Claybrooke & SwinfordHarborough79£467,500
Rottingdean & SaltdeanBrighton and Hove79£475,000
Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell NorthMid Suffolk79£340,000
NewtownCambridge79£525,000
Longfield, New Barn & SouthfleetDartford79£550,000