Property market | £442,446 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is London Stansted (10.7 miles) | |
Broadband | 99.5mbps average broadband speeds (very fast broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 82.7% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 17.3% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 371 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 297 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Harlow level) | |
Community | Median age is 37.5 | Population of 81,944 | Happiness is Below Average for Essex, Low for UK | |
Crime | 5.0 burglaries per 1k people (Harlow) | |
Commute (approx) | - Stratford (London) (25 mins) - London Liverpool Street (33 mins) - Cambridge (39 mins) - Highbury & Islington (53 mins) | |
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£442,446 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is London Stansted (10.7 miles) | |
99.5mbps average broadband speeds (very fast broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 37.5 | 81,944 | Happiness is Below Average for Essex, Low for UK | |
Ranked 371 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 297 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Harlow level) | |
5.0 burglaries per 1k people (Harlow) | |
- Stratford (London) (25 mins) - London Liverpool Street (33 mins) - Cambridge (39 mins) - Highbury & Islington (53 mins) | |
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Harlow has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Harlow 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 £652,339, which is down -2.8% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £442,446 (down -1.6% on last year) , a terraced house £311,625 (down -6.0% on last year) and a flat £183,460. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £990 per month. Property prices in Harlow are similar to the average property prices across Essex and are similar when compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Harlow, prices have had a greater decrease than the annual average price decrease seen across the Essex region.
Property data is based on Harlow 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 Harlow, or click here to browse the longer list of Harlow property transactions from 2023.
Harlow has a few schools nearby to choose from. We did not find any secondary schools, but there are some primary school options, including Little Parndon Primary School (Academy) which is a primary school based in Park Mead, Harlow. 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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Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 1: Outstanding (1/15/2020) | Ofsted Report Link | Harlow | |
St Luke's Catholic Academy Save school | Primary Academy sponsor led - Mixed | 2: Good (5/2/2018) | Ofsted Report Link | Harlow | |
Little Parndon Primary School Save school | Primary Academy sponsor led - Mixed | 2: Good (1/11/2017) | 69 submissions 82.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Harlow |
Pemberley Academy Save school | Primary Academy sponsor led - Mixed | 2: Good (4/25/2018) | Ofsted Report Link | Harlow |
School | Type |
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Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 1: Outstanding (1/15/2020) |
St Luke's Catholic Academy Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (5/2/2018) |
Little Parndon Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (1/11/2017) 69 submissions 82.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Pemberley Academy Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (4/25/2018) |
Station | Distance from Harlow | Commute options |
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Harlow Town A relatively busy station. Station footfall changed -1% from the previous year. | Nearby |
- Stratford (London) (39 mins - Greater Anglia - £365 monthly fare) View details - London Liverpool Street (36 mins - Greater Anglia - £365 monthly fare) View details - Cambridge (45 mins - Greater Anglia - £365 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 53 mins - London Overground - £365 monthly fare) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 107 mins - Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern) - £365 monthly fare) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 119 mins - Thameslink - £365 monthly fare) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 134 mins - Thameslink - £365 monthly fare) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 148 mins - Thameslink - £365 monthly fare) View details |
Harlow Mill A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -2% from the previous year. | 2 miles |
- London Liverpool Street (41 mins - Greater Anglia - £365 monthly fare) View details - Cambridge (48 mins - Greater Anglia - £365 monthly fare) View details - Stratford (London) (47 mins - Greater Anglia - £365 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 75 mins - London Overground - £365 monthly fare) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 113 mins - Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern) - £365 monthly fare) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 125 mins - Thameslink - £365 monthly fare) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 140 mins - Thameslink - £365 monthly fare) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 154 mins - Thameslink - £365 monthly fare) View details |
Roydon A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +0% from the previous year. | 2 miles |
- London Liverpool Street (35 mins - Greater Anglia - £304 monthly fare) View details - Stratford (London) (40 mins - Greater Anglia - £304 monthly fare) View details - Cambridge (55 mins - Greater Anglia - £365 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 68 mins - London Overground - £304 monthly fare) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 120 mins - Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern) - £304 monthly fare) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 132 mins - Thameslink - £304 monthly fare) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 161 mins - Thameslink - £304 monthly fare) View details |
St Margarets (Herts) A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +0% from the previous year. | 4 miles |
- Stratford (London) (38 mins - Greater Anglia - £284 monthly fare) View details - London Liverpool Street (47 mins - Greater Anglia - £284 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 66 mins - London Overground - £284 monthly fare) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 67 mins - Greater Anglia) View details |
Rye House A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -4% from the previous year. | 4 miles |
- Stratford (London) (36 mins - Greater Anglia - £281 monthly fare) View details - London Liverpool Street (45 mins - Greater Anglia - £281 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 64 mins - London Overground - £281 monthly fare) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 65 mins - Greater Anglia) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Harlow) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Harlow residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 82.7% | 81.7% |
Black | 6.2% | 4.0% |
Asian | 6.0% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 3.3% | 2.9% |
Other | 1.8% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Harlow 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 | 13.0% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 11.4% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 9.5% | 371 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 19.4% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 6.2% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 13.0% | |
Routine occupations | 14.3% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 7.6% | 297 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 5.5% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Essex is average (61mbps). Harlow is much faster than this, with average download speeds of 99.5mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Harlow level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 99.5 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 94.7% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.4% |
Crime stats were found at the Harlow level:
Type | Harlow | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 131 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 5 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 14 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 1 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 55 | 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 Harlow.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The 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.
Area | Cause | Description |
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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 |
Herts and North London | River Stort | The River Stort at Harlow including Roydon |
Herts and North London | Canons Brook | The Canons Brook and its tributaries from Harlow to Parndon Mead including, Great Parndon, Hare Street and Little Parndon |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Harlow, Essex Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £442,446 Detached: £652,339 | 131 | Primary: 4Secondary: | 9.5% residents in higher managerial positions 7.6% 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 |
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 |
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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Harlow, Essex Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £442,446 Detached: £652,339 | 131 | Primary: 4Secondary: |
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 |
Debden, Essex Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £451,213 Detached: £736,929 | 60 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
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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