Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road

Thurrock · East of England · population 9,234 · 5 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,138 of 6,856 in England
  • #566 of 746 in East of England
  • #13 of 20 in Thurrock
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,303
Median age (est.)36
Density4,469per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above30%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 34%45–64 24%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 34%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 9%Private rent 34%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 12%Other: 18%
One person 25%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 12%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 20% · Professional 13% · Process & plant 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary20%
Professional13%
Process & plant11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Associate professional10%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure7%

Ethnic group

White: 68%Asian: 14%Black: 12%Mixed: 3%Other: 4%
White 68%Asian 14%Black 12%Mixed 3%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 26% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 38%

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

Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,138 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 20 in Thurrock. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (53) and lowest on Living environment (23). Typical homes here sold for about £314,500 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 110 sales), 11% below the wider Thurrock median of £355,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,202 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 117 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 32 · #4,673
Employment 48 · #3,535
Education 42 · #4,008
Health 53 · #3,213
Crime 30 · #4,803
Housing & access 41 · #4,049
Living environment 23 · #5,290

House prices ?

£314,500median (12m) · +4.8% yr · n=110
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£314,500110+4.8%+23.8%
Detached£560,5008+16.8%
Semi-detached£405,0009-3.6%+26.6%
Terraced£318,00073+2.6%+23.0%
Flat£195,00020+11.4%+5.4%
This area£314,500
Thurrock£355,000
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)£43,202±£6,300 · #2,526 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,068
Price-to-income ?7.3×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

117 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,078 offences
Thurrock90
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,382 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences427
Theft169
Burglary41
Vehicle crime100
Criminal damage & arson89
Public order & weapons107
Drugs116
Robbery11
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 98 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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