Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 39 min4:41 am – 9:20 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 49 min8:02 am – 3:51 pm
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People8,476 residentsin the Upminster Bridge census areaMedian age 40.93,455 households75% of homes owner-occupied38% owned outright6% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.5% unemployment rate65% of adults are economically active, 4,265 in work, 23% retiredMain industries: construction 13%, finance and insurance 12%, health and social work 11%Getting to work: 43% work from home, 34% go by car, 18% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle55% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages31% of adults hold a degree or higher18% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 94%1% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C601 mm of rain a year, 13 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October36 days of air frost, 23 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)
Parks and green spacesClockhouse Gardenspark · under a mileGaynes Parkwaypark · under a mile · 8 haHarold Wood Parkpark · 1.7 mi · 113 haUpminster Parkplaying field · under a mile · 7 haCranham Golf Coursegolf course · 1.2 mi · 37 haUpminster Hall Playing Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 13 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes17 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 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: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 13 · 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
Broadband96% 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)3,636 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation23 m75 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 8 to 35 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalPrivate Hospitals2.5 miGP surgeryUpminster Medical Centre15 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyPanchem Pharmacy10 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentist163 St Marys Laneright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi28 schools16 primary, 8 secondary, 1 independent, 2 special, 1 otherPrimarySt Joseph's Catholic Primary Schoolages 4-11, 420 pupilsright herePrimaryUpminster Junior Schoolages 7-11, 364 pupilsright hereSecondarySacred Heart of Mary Girls' Schoolages 11-18, 848 pupilsunder a mileCollegeBarking and Dagenham College3.2 miUniversityUniversity of East London8.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon City Airport LCY9.0 miMajor airportLondon Stansted Airport STN23 miRailway stationUpminsterunder a mileUndergroundUpminster Underground Stationunder a mileBus stationBus StationLakeside4.8 miFerryBarking Riverside PierCreekmouth6.3 miBus stops64 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the RM14 postcode district.
