Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 41 min4:38 am – 9:20 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 47 min8:02 am – 3:49 pm
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People9,498 residentsin the Boreham & Little Baddow census areaMedian age 41.43,643 households75% of homes owner-occupied34% owned outright14% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.3% unemployment rate65% of adults are economically active, 4,665 in work, 20% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 13%, health and social work 12%, construction 10%Getting to work: 41% work from home, 49% go by car, 4% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle59% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages36% of adults hold a degree or higher13% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C559 mm of rain a year, 12 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October43 days of air frost, 21 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksTreasure Islandisland · 1.2 miPorter's Grovewoodland · under a mileThe Grovewoodland · under a mileIrrigationwater · 3.3 miHolme's Poollake · 5.2 miSwan Pondpond · 2.8 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesTrifarmsports ground · under a mile · 14 haBoleyn Gardenspark · 1.9 mi · 3 haBrook End Gardenspark · 2.2 mi · 3 haChelmer Village Greenpark · 2.5 mi · 4 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes7 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19701 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 May 201550 mi away, Ramsgate, KentMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 1 May 202648 mi away, Southern North SeaSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 8.6 · PM2.5 7.3 · PM10 13 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband82% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband97% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,938 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation40 m131 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 14 to 41 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalCapio Springfield Hospital2.8 miGP surgeryThe Laurels Surgery5 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBoreham Pharmacyunder a mileDentistSurgipact LTD1.7 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi2 schools1 primary, 1 independentPrimaryBoreham Primary Schoolages 4-11, 212 pupilsunder a mileIndependentNew Hall Schoolages 1-19, 1,364 pupils1.6 miAll-throughThe Beaulieu Park Schoolages 4-19, 1,763 pupils2.2 miCollegeChelmsford College4.3 miUniversityAnglia Ruskin University3.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Southend Airport SEN15 miMajor airportLondon Stansted Airport STN16 miRailway stationBeaulieu Park1.3 miBus stationBeaulieu Park Railway Station1.3 miFerryWallasea Island Ferry LandingCanewdon14 miBus stops22 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CM3 postcode district.
