Is Great Brookham, Surrey a nice place to live?

Is Great Brookham a nice place to live or is Great Brookham 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 Great Brookham meets our criteria.

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Great Brookham?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Great Brookham. 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 Great Brookham. 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	Fetcham East	28466
2	Clandon and Horsley	28171
3	Fetcham West	28099
4	Effingham	25351
5	Leatherhead North	24327
6	Weybridge St George's Hill	23931
7	Bookham South	22834
8	Bookham North	21444
9	Cobham and Downside	17595
10	Lovelace	11686

Is Great Brookham a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Great Brookham, 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 Great Brookham 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	%
Epsom and Ewell	3.06
Guildford (Great Brookham)	3.18
Woking	3.41
Mole Valley	3.68

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Great Brookham. 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 Great Brookham. 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	Fetcham West (Best)	32010
2	Clandon and Horsley	31553
3	Effingham	30843
4	Weybridge St George's Hill	30672
5	Cobham and Downside	29225
6	Lovelace	26703
7	Fetcham East	26693
8	Bookham South	26330
9	Bookham North	26314
10	Leatherhead North (Worst)	19336

Is Great Brookham rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Great Brookham. 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	Fetcham West	32038
2	Effingham	30695
3	Fetcham East	29613
4	Clandon and Horsley	29559
5	Bookham South	27209
6	Weybridge St George's Hill	27131
7	Bookham North	26232
8	Cobham and Downside	23120
9	Leatherhead North	19648
10	Lovelace	16062

How affordable are the rents in Great Brookham?

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, Great Brookham rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for Surrey.

Beds	Guildford	Surrey
1	£925	£900
2	£1250	£1170
3	£1525	£1450
4	£2400	£2250

How much can I earn in Great Brookham per week?

If you are thinking of moving to Great Brookham, 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 Great Brookham's local authority needs to be in first or second place compared to the three nearest local authorities.

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Epsom and Ewell	£850.00
2	Woking	£797.90
3	Mole Valley	£782.40
4	Guildford (Great Brookham)	£778.20

So, is Great Brookham a nice place to live?

Great Brookham has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.  However, the rents in Great Brookham are more expensive than other parts of Surrey.

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