Mill End, Heronsgate & Maple Cross

Three Rivers · East of England · population 5,725 · 4 LSOAs

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

52Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,275 of 6,856 in England
  • #445 of 746 in East of England
  • #11 of 12 in Three Rivers
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,739
Median age (est.)40
Density526per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above33%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 27%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 26%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 15%Other: 13%
One person 28%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 15%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 8%Black: 1%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 85%Asian 8%Black 1%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 36% · Hindu 4%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Mill End, Heronsgate & Maple Cross sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,275 of 6,856 in England, and #11 of 12 in Three Rivers. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (70) and lowest on Housing & access (27). Typical homes here sold for about £465,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 69 sales), 15% below the wider Three Rivers median of £550,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,762 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 96 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 49 · #3,508
Employment 51 · #3,378
Education 42 · #3,953
Health 58 · #2,863
Crime 48 · #3,556
Housing & access 27 · #5,016
Living environment 70 · #2,041

House prices ?

£465,000median (12m) · +1.1% yr · n=69
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£465,00069+1.1%+9.4%
Detached£740,0008+13.8%+13.4%
Semi-detached£500,00025+5.3%+16.6%
Terraced£435,00027-0.2%+10.1%
Flat£280,0009-4.3%+3.9%
This area£465,000
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)£47,762±£6,868 · #1,489 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,904
Price-to-income ?9.7×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 ?

29Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

96 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 551 offences
Three Rivers54
East of England70
England83

Rank #4,806 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences222
Theft169
Burglary18
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons41
Drugs16
Robbery3
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 114 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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