Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 40 min4:41 am – 9:21 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 48 min8:03 am – 3:51 pm
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People9,863 residentsin the Loughton North census areaMedian age 42.13,826 households76% of homes owner-occupied37% owned outright6% social rented, 17% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.7% unemployment rate64% of adults are economically active, 4,944 in work, 21% retiredMain industries: professional and scientific services 12%, retail and wholesale 12%, construction 11%Getting to work: 46% work from home, 36% go by car, 13% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle48% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages40% of adults hold a degree or higher15% have no qualifications, 4% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 94%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C660 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October42 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 landmarksEpping Forestforest · 1.2 miBlackweir Hillhill · under a mileBaldwins Hillhill · under a mileConnaught Waterlake · 2.1 miLudgate Waterlake · 2.2 miPowell's Forestforest · 2.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesArewater Greenpark · under a mileJessel Greenpark · under a mile · 9 haLoughton Golf Centregolf course · under a mile · 12 haTheydon Greenpark · 1.6 mi · 6 haLoughton Leisure Centresports ground · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes23 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202037 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202548 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: 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 12 · PM2.5 7.9 · PM10 13 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband91% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,097 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation52 m171 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 28 to 95 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalHolly House Private Hospital2.7 miGP surgeryForest Practice5 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyDay Lewis Pharmacy8 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistLoughton Dental Sparight hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi14 schools8 primary, 3 secondary, 1 independent, 2 specialPrimaryStaples Road Primary Schoolages 4-11, 626 pupilsunder a milePrimarySt John Fisher Catholic Primary Schoolages 5-11, 268 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryDavenant Foundation Schoolages 11-18, 1,199 pupilsunder a mileCollegeSir George Monoux College5.5 miUniversityUniversity of East London10.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon City Airport LCY10 miMajor airportLondon Stansted Airport STN17 miRailway stationChingford3.0 miUndergroundDebden Underground Station1.0 miBus stationTesco Drop Off PointWaltham Abbey3.4 miFerryBarking Riverside PierCreekmouth9.8 miBus stops92 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the IG10 postcode district.
