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Property market | £451,213 for a semi-detached property |
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Airport access | Closest airport is London Stansted (5.7 miles) |
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Broadband | 55.1mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) |
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Ethnic diversity | White: 94.5% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 5.6% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) |
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Socio-economic status | Ranked 67 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 549 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Saffron Walden level) |
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Community | Median age is 43.9 | Population of 778 | Happiness is Above Average for Essex, High for UK |
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Crime | 3.0 burglaries per 1k people (Uttlesford) |
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Commute (approx) | - Cambridge (15 mins) - London Liverpool Street (58 mins) - Stratford (London) (63 mins) - Highbury & Islington (70 mins) - Kings Cross (83 mins) |
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£451,213 for a semi-detached property |
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Closest airport is London Stansted (5.7 miles) |
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55.1mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) |
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Median age is 43.9 | 778 | Happiness is Above Average for Essex, High for UK |
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Ranked 67 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 549 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Saffron Walden level) |
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3.0 burglaries per 1k people (Uttlesford) |
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Photo above: Widdington: up and across South Green, Sunday, 25 October, 2020
Photo: Widdington: up and across South Green, Sunday, 25 October, 2020
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The property market in Debden has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £736,929, which is down -2.5% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £451,213 (down -2.6% on last year) , a terraced house £359,813 (down -2.9% on last year) and a flat £199,727. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £893 per month. Property prices in Debden are similar to the average property prices across Essex and are a little higher compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Debden, prices have had a greater decrease than the annual average price decrease seen across the Essex region.
Property data is based on Uttlesford level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
| County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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| Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
| Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
| Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
| Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
| Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
| Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
| Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
| Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
| Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
| Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
| Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
| West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
| West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
| Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
| Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
| South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
| West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
| Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
| Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
| Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
| Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
| North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
| Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
| North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
| Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
| West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
| Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
| Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
| Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
| Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
| Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
| Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
| East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
| Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
| Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
| Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
| Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
| Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
| Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Debden, or click here to browse the longer list of Debden property transactions from 2023.
| Address | Details |
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| BADGERS LODGE, Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, Essex , CB11 3LW | Detached - Sold for £482,500 on 08/30/2023 |
Debden has one school nearby: Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy (Academy) which is a primary school based in High Street, Saffron Walden. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
| School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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| Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy Save school | Primary Academy sponsor led - Mixed | 3: Requires Improvement (10/10/2019) | Ofsted Report Link | Saffron Walden |
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| Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 3: Requires Improvement (10/10/2019) |
| Station | Distance from Debden | Commute options |
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| Newport (Essex) A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +4% from the previous year. | 3 miles |
- Cambridge (31 mins - Greater Anglia) View details - London Liverpool Street (64 mins - Greater Anglia - £462 monthly fare) View details - Stratford (London) (1 change(s) - 63 mins - Greater Anglia - £462 monthly fare) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 90 mins - Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern) - £462 monthly fare) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 102 mins - Thameslink - £462 monthly fare) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 117 mins - Thameslink - £462 monthly fare) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 131 mins - Thameslink - £462 monthly fare) View details |
| Audley End A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +2% from the previous year. | 4 miles |
- Cambridge (23 mins - CrossCountry - £150 monthly fare) View details - London Liverpool Street (63 mins - Greater Anglia - £462 monthly fare) View details - Stratford (London) (1 change(s) - 62 mins - Greater Anglia - £462 monthly fare) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 83 mins - Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern) - £462 monthly fare) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 95 mins - Thameslink - £462 monthly fare) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 110 mins - Thameslink - £462 monthly fare) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 124 mins - Thameslink - £462 monthly fare) View details - York (1 change(s) - 151 mins - Grand Central) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 172 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Brighton (1 change(s) - 174 mins - Thameslink) View details |
| Stansted Airport A busy station. Station footfall changed -13% from the previous year. | 7 miles |
- Cambridge (45 mins - CrossCountry - £203 monthly fare) View details - Stratford (London) (42 mins - Greater Anglia - £451 monthly fare) View details - London Liverpool Street (58 mins - Greater Anglia - £451 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 70 mins - London Overground - £451 monthly fare) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 96 mins - Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern) - £451 monthly fare) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 108 mins - Thameslink - £451 monthly fare) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 123 mins - Thameslink - £451 monthly fare) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 137 mins - Thameslink - £451 monthly fare) View details - York (1 change(s) - 164 mins - Grand Central) View details |
| Great Chesterford A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +0% from the previous year. | 9 miles |
- Cambridge (24 mins - Greater Anglia) View details - London Liverpool Street (75 mins - Greater Anglia - £462 monthly fare) View details - Stratford (London) (1 change(s) - 72 mins - Greater Anglia - £462 monthly fare) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 82 mins - Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern) - £462 monthly fare) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 94 mins - Thameslink - £462 monthly fare) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 109 mins - Thameslink - £462 monthly fare) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 123 mins - Thameslink - £462 monthly fare) View details - Brighton (1 change(s) - 173 mins - Thameslink) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Uttlesford) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
| Ethnicity | % of Uttlesford residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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| White | 94.5% | 81.7% |
| Mixed | 2.2% | 2.9% |
| Asian | 1.9% | 9.3% |
| Black | 0.8% | 4.0% |
| Other | 0.7% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Saffron Walden consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
| Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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| Intermediate occupations | 12.4% | |
| Small employers and own account workers | 13.9% | |
| Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 18.2% | 67 out of 573 |
| Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 24.1% | |
| Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 4.6% | |
| Semi-routine occupations | 9.1% | |
| Routine occupations | 7.7% | |
| Never worked / long-term unemployed | 4.8% | 549 out of 573 |
| Full-time students | 5.3% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Essex is average (61mbps). Debden is consistent with this, with average download speeds of 55.1mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Saffron Walden level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
| Average speed | 55.1 mbps |
| % households with superfast broadband access | 87.9% |
| % households unable to access decent broadband | 1.4% |
Crime stats were found at the Uttlesford level:
| Type | Uttlesford | UK |
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| Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 60 | 93 |
| Burglaries (per thousand people) | 3 | 5 |
| Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 6 | 10 |
| Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 0 | 1 |
| Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 23 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Debden.
Flood warningsThere are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
Flood areasThe areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
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| East Anglia | River Cam | River Cam from Newport to Whittlesford including the Slades |
| Herts and North London | River Stort, Stansted Brook | The River Stort, Stansted Brook and their tributaries from Clavering to Hoddesdon including Stanstead Mountfitchet, Bishops Stortford, Sawbridgeworth and Harlow |
| Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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| Debden, Essex Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £451,213 Detached: £736,929 | 60 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 18.2% residents in higher managerial positions 4.8% residents long-term unemployed |
| Epping, Essex Affordability: Expensive Affluent Very fast broadband Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £608,830 Detached: £1,047,893 | 79 | Primary: 5Secondary: 2 | 16.9% residents in higher managerial positions 7.5% residents long-term unemployed |
| Saffron Walden, Essex Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £451,213 Detached: £736,929 | 60 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 | 18.2% residents in higher managerial positions 4.8% residents long-term unemployed |
| Chelmsford, Essex Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £431,354 Detached: £703,147 | 88 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 18.2% residents in higher managerial positions 4.8% residents long-term unemployed |
| Stock, Essex Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £431,354 Detached: £703,147 | 88 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 | 14.5% residents in higher managerial positions 6.1% residents long-term unemployed |
| Writtle, Essex Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £431,354 Detached: £703,147 | 88 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 | 18.2% residents in higher managerial positions 4.8% residents long-term unemployed |
| Pitsea, Essex Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £421,969 Detached: £689,889 | 109 | Primary: 15Secondary: 4 | 9.4% residents in higher managerial positions 8.1% residents long-term unemployed |
| Wickford, Essex Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £421,969 Detached: £689,889 | 109 | Primary: 10Secondary: 3 | 13.8% residents in higher managerial positions 6.0% residents long-term unemployed |
| Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £427,742 Detached: £640,855 | 116 | Primary: 11Secondary: 8 | 13.9% residents in higher managerial positions 7.4% residents long-term unemployed |
| Maldon, Essex Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £388,478 Detached: £632,839 | 59 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 | 14.5% residents in higher managerial positions 6.1% residents long-term unemployed |
| Dedham, Essex Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £334,751 Detached: £531,164 | 96 | Primary: 3Secondary: | 12.7% residents in higher managerial positions 6.5% residents long-term unemployed |
| Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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| Debden, Essex Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £451,213 Detached: £736,929 | 60 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
| Epping, Essex Affordability: Expensive Affluent Very fast broadband Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £608,830 Detached: £1,047,893 | 79 | Primary: 5Secondary: 2 |
| Saffron Walden, Essex Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £451,213 Detached: £736,929 | 60 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 |
| Chelmsford, Essex Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £431,354 Detached: £703,147 | 88 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
| Stock, Essex Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £431,354 Detached: £703,147 | 88 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 |
| Writtle, Essex Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £431,354 Detached: £703,147 | 88 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 |
| Pitsea, Essex Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £421,969 Detached: £689,889 | 109 | Primary: 15Secondary: 4 |
| Wickford, Essex Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £421,969 Detached: £689,889 | 109 | Primary: 10Secondary: 3 |
| Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £427,742 Detached: £640,855 | 116 | Primary: 11Secondary: 8 |
| Maldon, Essex Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £388,478 Detached: £632,839 | 59 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 |
| Dedham, Essex Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £334,751 Detached: £531,164 | 96 | Primary: 3Secondary: |
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