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Thaxted & the Eastons · Uttlesford

Thaxted & the Eastons: your neighbourhood

Thaxted & the Eastons electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

People aged 65 or over: 24.7% here, compared with 20.2% across Uttlesford (4.6 percentage points higher).

Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 32.8% here, compared with 36.6% across Uttlesford (3.8 percentage points lower).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 16.3% here, compared with 13.8% across Uttlesford (2.6 percentage points higher).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

24.7%

21 March 2021 · Thaxted & the Eastons

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

1,308 out of 5,289.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

4.2%

21 March 2021 · Thaxted & the Eastons

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

223 out of 5,290.

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People counted in the census

5,288

21 March 2021 · Thaxted & the Eastons

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

5,288 out of 5,288.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

32.8%

21 March 2021 · Thaxted & the Eastons

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

1,426 out of 4,343.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

46.8%

21 March 2021 · Thaxted & the Eastons

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

998 out of 2,131.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

13.5%

21 March 2021 · Thaxted & the Eastons

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

288 out of 2,131.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

40.4%

21 March 2021 · Thaxted & the Eastons

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,757 out of 4,346.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

57.1%

21 March 2021 · Thaxted & the Eastons

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

2,482 out of 4,346.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

2.6%

21 March 2021 · Thaxted & the Eastons

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

114 out of 4,346.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

16.3%

21 March 2021 · Thaxted & the Eastons

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

709 out of 4,343.

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Homes rented privately

13%

21 March 2021 · Thaxted & the Eastons

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

274 out of 2,124.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

26.9%

21 March 2021 · Thaxted & the Eastons

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,167 out of 4,346.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

13%

21 March 2021 · Thaxted & the Eastons

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

273 out of 2,124.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

2.5%

21 March 2021 · Thaxted & the Eastons

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

107 out of 4,346.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Thaxted & the Eastons ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

204 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 229 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Thaxted & the Eastons ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 24 mapped crimes in September 2024; 17 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Thaxted & the Eastons
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 2024242
October 2024151
November 2024300
December 202490
January 2025170
February 2025231
March 2025171
April 2025131
May 2025214
June 2025131
July 2025190
August 2025281
September 202590
October 2025220
November 2025170
December 2025193
January 2026180
February 2026111
March 2026251
April 2026200
May 2026120
June 2026192
July 2026151
August 2026178
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Thaxted & the Eastons
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime95
criminal damage arson29
burglary20
other theft19
vehicle crime16
public order13
drugs7
other crime3
possession of weapons2
What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

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What could improve local safety →

Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across Uttlesford →