Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 43 min4:38 am – 9:21 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 46 min8:03 am – 3:49 pm
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People11,036 residentsin the Flitch Green, Felsted & High Easter census areaMedian age 44.44,251 households75% of homes owner-occupied38% owned outright10% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.2% unemployment rate63% of adults are economically active, 5,437 in work, 24% retiredMain industries: construction 13%, retail and wholesale 12%, health and social work 11%Getting to work: 36% work from home, 55% go by car, 2% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle34% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages34% of adults hold a degree or higher14% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C604 mm of rain a year, 13 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November41 days of air frost, 17 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 landmarksBumpsted Hillhill · 1.3 miMill Racewater · 2.1 miHomelye Woodwoodland · under a mileThe Fir Woodwoodland · under a mileLodge Lakelake · 3.9 miLavender Lakelake · 4.2 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesAlcott Playing Fieldplaying field · 1.0 miParsonage Downspark · 2.2 mi · 3 haThreader's Greenpark · 2.4 miNewton Greenpark · 2.4 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes11 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19703 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202047 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 9 Feb 202316 mi away, Bicknacre, EssexSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 6.8 · PM2.5 6.8 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband92% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)4,352 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation71 m233 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 49 to 89 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBraintree Community Hospital5.6 miGP surgeryThe Felsted Surgery1.9 miPharmacyRopers The Chemist2.0 miDentistMarket Place Dental1.9 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi3 schools2 primary, 1 independentPrimaryStebbing Primary Schoolages 4-11, 200 pupils1.1 miPrimaryThe Flitch Green Academyages 4-11, 272 pupils1.4 miAll-throughHelena Romanes Schoolages 4-18, 1,265 pupils2.4 miCollegeWrittle College Limited9.8 miUniversityAnglia Ruskin University9.9 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Stansted Airport STN7.5 miRailway stationBraintree6.3 miBus stationBus InterchangeBraintree Town Centre6.2 miFerryBurnham Yacht Harbour (Landing)Burnham-on-Crouch24 miBus stops16 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CM6 postcode district.
