Is Esher, Surrey a nice place to live?

Is Esher a nice place to live or is Esher a bit rough? For us there are a number of factors that make any town a nice place to live, like a low crime rate, low levels of deprivation, the good health of the residents, rent affordability and excellent wages. In this article we will see if Esher meets our criteria.

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Esher?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Esher. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. Naturally rural areas have less crime than urban areas, but for this part of our town assessment we've looked at the 10 wards nearest to the centre of Esher. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5

#	Ward	Crime Rank
1	Claygate	27128
2	Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon	24639
3	Thames Ditton	22628
4	Hinchley Wood and Weston Green	19837
5	Hersham Village	19014
6	Walton South	16858
7	Molesey East	16744
8	Esher	15876
9	Molesey West	15661
10	Walton North	12913

Is Esher a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Esher, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. For this section of the town assessment, we've examined government health statistics from the 2021 Census General Health question and the Indices of Multiple Deprivation's health element.The table below shows what percentage of Esher residents answered saying their health was either bad or very bad. To pass this section, the local authority has to have a percentage score less than or equal to 7%.

Local Authority	%
Elmbridge (Esher)	2.87
Richmond upon Thames	3.04
Kingston upon Thames	3.38
Spelthorne	3.85

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Esher. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average LSOA rank for 10 wards nearest to the centre of Esher. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5.

#	Ward	Health Rank
1	Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon (Best)	32436
2	Thames Ditton	31484
3	Hinchley Wood and Weston Green	31060
4	Claygate	29918
5	Walton South	29620
6	Esher	28538
7	Hersham Village	28457
8	Molesey East	27871
9	Molesey West	25353
10	Walton North (Worst)	25227

Is Esher rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Esher. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space. To pass this section as the town assessment, 8 out of 10 wards must have a ranking higher than the English average of 16422.5

#	Ward	Deprivation Rank
1	Thames Ditton	31421
2	Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon	30351
3	Claygate	29953
4	Hinchley Wood and Weston Green	28838
5	Walton South	27816
6	Molesey East	25846
7	Hersham Village	24555
8	Esher	23616
9	Molesey West	21180
10	Walton North	19920

How affordable are the rents in Esher?

Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These market rental statistics are dated September 2023. We have used the median rental figure for this assessment as we believe this is a more realistic figure than the average (mean) that can be skewed by artificially low and high rents. To pass this section, Esher rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for Surrey.

Beds	Elmbridge	Surrey
1	£950	£900
2	£1250	£1170
3	£1589	£1450
4	£3000	£2250

How much can I earn in Esher per week?

If you are thinking of moving to Esher, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. Every year the government publishes statistics on gross weekly pay, these figures are for September 2023. To pass this section Esher's local authority needs to be in first or second place compared to the three nearest local authorities.

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Richmond upon Thames	£899.90
2	Elmbridge (Esher)	£895.60
3	Kingston upon Thames	£861.50
4	Spelthorne	£728.60

So, is Esher a nice place to live?

Esher has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.  However, the rents in Esher are more expensive than other parts of Surrey.  However, Esher does have a number of wards were crime is worse than the national average.

* Probably.