Carpenders Park

Three Rivers · East of England · population 6,956 · 4 LSOAs

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

77Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,568 of 6,856 in England
  • #212 of 746 in East of England
  • #8 of 12 in Three Rivers
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,950
Median age (est.)44
Density2,539per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above33%
No car or van14%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 10%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 10%Other: 20%
One person 27%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 10%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 69%Asian: 23%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 69%Asian 23%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 23% · Hindu 13%

Born outside the UK: 27%

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

Carpenders Park is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,568 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 12 in Three Rivers. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (82) and lowest on Income (60). Typical homes here sold for about £496,500 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 88 sales), 10% below the wider Three Rivers median of £550,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,159 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 89 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 60 · #2,747
Employment 67 · #2,247
Education 63 · #2,507
Health 82 · #1,225
Crime 73 · #1,835
Housing & access 72 · #1,890
Living environment 64 · #2,466

House prices ?

£496,500median (12m) · +0.2% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£496,50088+0.2%+18.2%
Detached£600,00016+2.6%+18.7%
Semi-detached£480,00035-9.1%+12.9%
Terraced£537,00025+19.9%+34.2%
Flat£271,50012-16.2%+20.7%
This area£496,500
Three Rivers£550,000
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)£43,159±£6,074 · #2,540 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,709
Price-to-income ?11.5×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 ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

89 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 616 offences
Three Rivers54
East of England70
England83

Rank #4,483 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences155
Theft312
Burglary22
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons35
Drugs24
Robbery8
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 80 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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