Audley End, Ashdon & the Chesterfords

Uttlesford · East of England · population 7,675 · 4 LSOAs

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

95Area Score / 100 ?
  • #355 of 6,856 in England
  • #38 of 746 in East of England
  • #1 of 9 in Uttlesford
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,626
Median age (est.)46
Density114per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above47%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 30%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 9%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 8%Other: 17%
One person 23%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional15%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 42% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Audley End, Ashdon & the Chesterfords is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #355 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 9 in Uttlesford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (100) but weak on Housing & access (38). Typical homes here sold for about £502,500 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 102 sales), 8% above the wider Uttlesford median of £464,995. Typical household take-home income is around £52,552 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 21 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 96 · #307
Employment 98 · #156
Education 94 · #409
Health 100 · #19
Crime 93 · #451
Housing & access 38 · #4,282
Living environment 50 · #3,398

House prices ?

£502,500median (12m) · -3.8% yr · n=102
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£502,500102-3.8%+8.1%
Detached£589,95043-3.0%+9.8%
Semi-detached£480,00030+1.1%+29.4%
Terraced£381,25022-21.4%+6.6%
Flat£218,0007-11.0%-19.8%
This area£502,500
Uttlesford£464,995
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)£52,552±£7,524 · #718 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,483
Price-to-income ?9.6×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 ?

38Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

21 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 162 offences
Uttlesford53
East of England70
England83

Rank #45 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences74
Theft17
Burglary11
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons14
Drugs5
Robbery0
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 39 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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