Grays Town

Thurrock · East of England · population 9,438 · 4 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,920 of 6,856 in England
  • #641 of 746 in East of England
  • #16 of 20 in Thurrock
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,429
Median age (est.)32
Density8,644per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above33%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 10%25–44 39%45–64 20%65+ 5%

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 37%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 23%Private rent 37%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 17%Other: 12%
One person 28%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 17%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 22% · Professional 12% · Process & plant 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary22%
Professional12%
Process & plant11%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service9%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 63%Asian: 13%Black: 17%Mixed: 4%Other: 3%
White 63%Asian 13%Black 17%Mixed 4%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 27% · Muslim 10%

Born outside the UK: 41%

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 Town is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,920 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 20 in Thurrock. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (53) and lowest on Crime (19). Typical homes here sold for about £248,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 93 sales), 30% below the wider Thurrock median of £355,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,036 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 146 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 21 · #5,407
Employment 32 · #4,673
Education 32 · #4,694
Health 50 · #3,432
Crime 19 · #5,571
Housing & access 20 · #5,516
Living environment 53 · #3,247

House prices ?

£248,000median (12m) · +6.1% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£248,00093+6.1%+17.5%
Detached£500,0006
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£335,00027+7.1%+17.5%
Flat£210,00057+2.9%+6.5%
This area£248,000
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)£45,036±£6,672 · #2,071 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,850
Price-to-income ?5.5×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

51Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

146 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,382 offences
Thurrock90
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,875 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences474
Theft443
Burglary29
Vehicle crime77
Criminal damage & arson94
Public order & weapons144
Drugs79
Robbery20
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 147 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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