Chafford Hundred is mostly young families, earning, commuting and paying off a mortgage. About six in ten households own their home. The typical resident is in their mid-thirties. Couples with children outnumber people living alone. It was built for the school run, and the school run moved in.
All the population figures here come from the 2021 Census. About 61% of households own their home and about 29% rent privately, with about 9% in social housing. That private rental share is high enough that a letting board on a close surprises nobody. Plenty of the flats were bought by people who never planned to live in them.
The typical resident is 34, and about 35% of people are aged 25 to 44. Chafford Hundred has more people at the age of a first mortgage and a first child than any other stage of life. Pensioners are the minority here, and the cul-de-sacs fill with scooters well before they fill with mobility aids.
The Office for National Statistics modelled average household income here at about £73,500 before tax, for the financial year to March 2023. That figure is per household, so in many homes it is two salaries added together, and tax, the mortgage and nursery fees all come out of it before anyone sees what is left.
Couples with children make up about 29% of households and lone parents about 13%. About 23% of households are one person living alone, and about 4% of households are a single pensioner, who are included in that 23%. The family households are the bigger group by some distance.
About 37% of adults hold a degree, about 15% have no qualifications, and about 3% are full-time students. That range covers graduates commuting into offices and people who went straight into work, often on the same close. With no university nearby, the students here are mostly sixth-formers.
About 89% of residents describe their health as good or very good. Across Thurrock, preventable deaths run at a rate similar to England's, and about 14% of adults smoke, which is also similar to England. Those are borough-wide benchmarks for Thurrock, and they put this estate inside a borough that sits close to the national middle.
Chafford Hundred's population is in the middle of the range. It is mostly working families, comfortable enough without being rich, and too busy with the commute and the school run to stand out in either direction.