Broad Oak & Horam

Wealden · South East · population 7,471 · 5 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,815 of 6,856 in England
  • #466 of 1,119 in South East
  • #11 of 21 in Wealden
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,322
Median age (est.)51
Density144per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above33%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 8%25–44 19%45–64 31%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 6%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 26%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 20% · Professional 18% · Skilled trades 16%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors20%
Professional18%
Skilled trades16%
Associate professional13%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 43% · Other 1%

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

Broad Oak & Horam is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,815 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 21 in Wealden. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (87) but weak on Housing & access (15). Typical homes here sold for about £399,375 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 102 sales), 5% above the wider Wealden median of £379,975. Typical household take-home income is around £41,806 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 40 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 78 · #1,527
Employment 80 · #1,355
Education 74 · #1,774
Health 87 · #882
Crime 84 · #1,088
Housing & access 15 · #5,832
Living environment 38 · #4,255

House prices ?

£399,375median (12m) · +1.1% yr · n=102
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£399,375102+1.1%+3.7%
Detached£505,00047+3.7%+5.2%
Semi-detached£365,000350.0%+10.6%
Terraced£357,5008+13.9%+5.1%
Flat£156,25012-16.1%-5.3%
This area£399,375
Wealden£379,975
South East£385,000
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)£41,806±£5,845 · #2,908 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,030
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 ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

40 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 298 offences
Wealden42
South East71
England83

Rank #1,250 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences155
Theft37
Burglary11
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson36
Public order & weapons33
Drugs3
Robbery1
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 48 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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