Great Dunmow

Uttlesford · East of England · population 9,113 · 5 LSOAs

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

82Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,266 of 6,856 in England
  • #165 of 746 in East of England
  • #4 of 9 in Uttlesford
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,022
Median age (est.)42
Density417per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above31%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 16%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 10%Other: 13%
One person 30%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 10%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 44% · Hindu 0%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Great Dunmow is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,266 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 9 in Uttlesford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (97) and lowest on Housing & access (55). Typical homes here sold for about £434,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 200 sales), 7% below the wider Uttlesford median of £464,995. Typical household take-home income is around £44,760 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 62 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 62 · #2,617
Employment 80 · #1,403
Education 63 · #2,534
Health 97 · #204
Crime 56 · #3,028
Housing & access 55 · #3,103
Living environment 87 · #917

House prices ?

£434,000median (12m) · +3.3% yr · n=200
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£434,000200+3.3%+12.8%
Detached£540,00097+8.0%+3.1%
Semi-detached£403,75043+5.4%+12.5%
Terraced£362,50036+8.2%+11.5%
Flat£187,50024-6.2%+5.6%
This area£434,000
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)£44,760±£6,343 · #2,128 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,802
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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 562 offences
Uttlesford53
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,975 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences263
Theft72
Burglary29
Vehicle crime37
Criminal damage & arson71
Public order & weapons50
Drugs22
Robbery3
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 73 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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