Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 43 min4:39 am – 9:22 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 46 min8:04 am – 3:50 pm
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People14,839 residentsin the Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham census areaMedian age 42.45,949 households75% of homes owner-occupied35% owned outright10% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.7% unemployment rate67% of adults are economically active, 7,615 in work, 21% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 13%, construction 11%, health and social work 10%Getting to work: 41% work from home, 50% go by car, 5% take public transport, 4% walk or cycle46% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages37% of adults hold a degree or higher12% 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 7°C, lows 2°C654 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October48 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 landmarksSaffron Walden War Memorialhistoric site · 1.5 miForest Hallhistoric site · 2.2 miAlsa Woodwoodland · under a mileHoughtey Woodwoodland · 1.0 miCrabtree Hillhill · 2.6 miFireball Hillhill · 2.7 miOld Holewater · 2.9 miHatfield Forestforest · 4.4 miSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesHatfield Forestpark · 3.8 mi · 371 haBat Willow Hurst Country Parkpark · 3.0 mi · 5 haElms Farm Allotmentsallotments · 1.6 miRed White and Bluepark · 3.3 mi · 8 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes14 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19703 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202038 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202549 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 8.0 · PM2.5 7.2 · PM10 15 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband88% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)6,188 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation96 m315 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 78 to 107 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalHerts And Essex Hospital4.3 miGP surgeryPeacock Surgery - Elsenham Branch3 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyPeacock Pharmacy1.5 miDentistUnit 2 Castle Maltings1.5 miPolice stationBishops Stortford Police StationBishop's Stortford4.3 miCash machineBP - Stansted SF Connect3.4 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi7 schools6 primary, 1 secondaryPrimaryElsenham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Schoolages 4-11, 403 pupils1.0 miPrimaryBentfield Primary School and Nurseryages 3-11, 208 pupils1.3 miSecondaryForest Hall Schoolages 11-16, 506 pupils2.0 miCollegeHarlow College11.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Stansted Airport STN2.7 miRailway stationElsenhamunder a mileBus stationCoach StationStansted Airport3.1 miFerryBarking Riverside PierCreekmouth28 miBus stops31 within a mileCar parkParking 4 StanstedStansted Mountfitchet1.5 miEV chargingbp PulseStansted1.5 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CM22 postcode district.
