Little Burstead

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 17° · 85% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:20

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Burglary2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Billericay · Essex

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

273 reported road collisions (2024)

73 killed or seriously injured · 344 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

220 food businesses within 2 miles

• 178 rated 4–5 ★ (154 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Billericay (2.9 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£360,294 average▼ 1% YoY

Across Basildon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,421 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £981
• 2 bed £1,266
• 3 bed £1,504

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

9.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.7 times median annual pay (10.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (5.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (5.2 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Car Park D Ford Dunton Technical Centre (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools30
• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

187,571 residents in Basildon · 1,705/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 111 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,327 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 80,090)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

59 schools · 30,397 pupils

46 primary · 9 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 20 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basildon

1,571 CQC-registered services

• Care homes407
• GP practices230
• Dentists309
• Homecare agencies475
• Hospitals & hospices39

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 17 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Essex

• In a conservation area (Little Burstead)
• Within the Green Belt
• 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

191 applications decided

92.7% granted · 177 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative

Basildon and Billericay

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 12
• Ref 11
• Oth 7

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

50 jobs advertised · £36,219 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Jobs Near Me? Drive With Uber Instead, Drive with Uber, Car Delivery Driver

Source: Adzuna

£806 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,031 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,520 certificates

7.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

60% low-carbon electricity

Gas 36% · Nuclear 27% · Solar 19% · Wind 8%

152 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80 yrs men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Basildon and Billericay:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test469 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Pass house building reforms for construction of 1.4 million approved houses468 local signatures · 7,452 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office446 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need399 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership319 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Billericay Rural District · 0.6 km

  Billericay Rural District was a rural district in Essex, England, between 1894 and 1934. It covered the town of Billericay and surrounding parishes. The district was abolished in 1934, when most of its area was conver…

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  Little Burstead · 0.6 km

  Little Burstead is a village and civil parish in the Basildon borough of Essex, England. It lies 1.5 miles (2 km) south of Billericay, its post town, and 3 miles (5 km) north-west of the centre of Basildon. At the 202…

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  St Mary Magdalene, Great Burstead · 1.3 km

  Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade I-listed parish church located in the village of Great Burstead, about 1.5 mi (2.4 km) south of Billericay, Essex, England. While the current building dates back to the 12th cent…

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  Great Burstead and South Green · 1.3 km

  Great Burstead and South Green is a civil parish in the Basildon borough of Essex, England. The parish includes the settlements of Great Burstead, Noak Hill and South Green. At the 2021 census the parish had a populat…

• Burstead Grange · 1.8 km

  Burstead Grange was a Cistercian house in Essex, England.

• The Billericay School · 1.9 km

  The Billericay School is an academy secondary school and sixth form college located in Billericay, England. The school is led by headmaster Patrick Berry and has an enrolment of 1713. As part of the Billericay Educati…

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