Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South

Uttlesford · East of England · population 10,690 · 7 LSOAs

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

71Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,000 of 6,856 in England
  • #266 of 746 in East of England
  • #8 of 9 in Uttlesford
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,621
Median age (est.)41
Density158per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above31%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 42%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 42%Social rent 14%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 36%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 21%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 36%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 19% · Professional 17% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors19%
Professional17%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 44% · 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

Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #2,000 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 9 in Uttlesford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (95) but weak on Housing & access (29). Typical homes here sold for about £481,500 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 148 sales), in line with the wider Uttlesford median of £464,995. Typical household take-home income is around £47,925 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 154 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 68 · #2,164
Employment 80 · #1,376
Education 54 · #3,131
Health 95 · #320
Crime 46 · #3,686
Housing & access 29 · #4,845
Living environment 47 · #3,611

House prices ?

£481,500median (12m) · +5.9% yr · n=148
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£481,500148+5.9%+12.0%
Detached£620,00071+9.7%+7.4%
Semi-detached£433,15040+9.7%+7.0%
Terraced£368,75030-0.3%+2.1%
Flat£212,0007
This area£481,500
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)£47,925±£6,777 · #1,460 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,158
Price-to-income ?10.0×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 ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

154 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,650 offences
Uttlesford53
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,939 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences461
Theft597
Burglary27
Vehicle crime132
Criminal damage & arson114
Public order & weapons180
Drugs93
Robbery6
Other40

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 305 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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