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East of England

45 local authorities. Average Area Score shown per authority.

58

Average neighbourhood score, weighted by population

#2 of 9 regions · 746 neighbourhoods · 6,401,418 residents

Income56
Employment58
Education48
Health61
Crime58
Housing & access43
Living env.61
Decile 1: 4% of residentsDecile 2: 6% of residentsDecile 3: 6% of residentsDecile 4: 10% of residentsDecile 5: 13% of residentsDecile 6: 11% of residentsDecile 7: 14% of residentsDecile 8: 12% of residentsDecile 9: 14% of residentsDecile 10: 9% of residentsResidents by national
deprivation decile · left = most deprived

Neighbourhoods here span Clacton Central (0) to Harpenden Common (100); 4% of residents live in one of England’s most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods. How these averages are worked out →

In summary

The East of England contains both ends of the scale: Harpenden Common at 100 out of 100 (#12 of 6,856 in England) against Yarmouth Parade at 0, a 100-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 304 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 135 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £116,000 in Yarmouth Parade to £1,150,000 in Moor Park & Batchworth — a 9.9× gap within the East of England. (1 neighbourhood had too few sales to report reliably.)

Living here

Typical net household income£43,482a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime70per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)42
Owner-occupied66%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in East of England

£348,000median home sold over the past year · +12.6% over 5 years · +0.9% over the year · 82,633 sales
Detached£470,000
Semi-detached£350,000
Terraced£310,000
Flat£211,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
Avg Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap an authority to browse it →
Local authorityAreasAvg score
St Albans 2085
South Cambridgeshire 1984
Uttlesford 981
East Hertfordshire 1881
Three Rivers 1279

Neighbourhood rankings in East of England

Highest Area Scores

score /100

Harpenden Common100
Bernards Heath100
Shenfield & Hutton Mount100
Moor Park & Batchworth100
Harpenden North100

Lowest recorded crime

per 1,000 residents (12m)

Linslade West15
Felmingham, Worstead & Happisburgh16
Billericay North East20
Hadleigh North21
Dersingham, Sandringham & Massingham21

Highest household income

net income a year (est.)

Harpenden North£66,074
Harpenden Common£65,652
Clarence Park£63,592
Bernards Heath£62,673
Harpenden Town£62,077

Most affordable

price ÷ net income

Yarmouth Parade4.3×
Southtown & Cobholm4.3×
Lowestoft Central4.5×
Peterborough Central4.5×
Yarmouth Central & Northgate4.7×

Recorded crime, not convictions; income is a model-based ONS estimate. National rankings of every local authority →

People living in East of England Census 2021

Residents6,335,092
Median age (est.)42
Density331per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above32%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 15%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 29%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary10%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 6%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 86%Asian 6%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 40% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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.

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